Brenda and Kemm's travels

Heading to Perth

Had a 6 hr flight from Brisbane to Perth!!! 200km/hr head winds and although a reasponable pleasant flight – it was a very long one! A few days at the Vines in the Swan Valley (vineyard area – again!) – on the golf course accommodation so guess what we are …

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Coonawarra, Fluerieu Peninsula and home

The last few days of our trip have come a cropper with horrendous weather so our proposed 4 nights at The Links, Lady Bay at Normanville on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide turned into 3 nights and no golf – supposedly 4 nights with 2 days of golf and …

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Port Campbell to Coonawarra

From our last stop at Port Campbell we headed ‘back’ to the 12 Apostles the next morning for a look at them in a different light so now have photos from evening and morning perspectives.Checked out the cliff top whilst in Port Campbell to find an amazing sight of the …

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Lorne to Port Campbell

What a beautiful few days we have had – some have said ‘don’t get blown off Cape Otway’, ‘why on earth are you doing the Great Ocean Road in winter?’, ‘you’ll freeze your butt off’ etc but we could not have asked for better weather.A warm jumper is all we …

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Day 8 – Port Campbell to Coonawarra

From our last stop at Port Campbell we headed ‘back’ to the 12 Apostles the next morning for a look at them in a different light so now have photos from evening and morning perspectives.Checked out the cliff top whilst in Port Campbell to find an amazing sight of the …

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Day 7 – Lorne to Port Campbell

What a beautiful few days we have had – some have said ‘don’t get blown off Cape Otway’, ‘why on earth are you doing the Great Ocean Road in winter?’, ‘you’ll freeze your butt off’ etc but we could not have asked for better weather.A warm jumper is all we …

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Day 6 – Yarrawonga to Lorne

Next morning we woke to a fine looking day but within an hour a thick fog had engulfed everything!! We were over at the pro-shop just after we checked out (might be something to buy there!!!) and talking to the locals – they reckoned their balls would need a GPS …

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Day 5 – Yarrawonga

Stayed at the Yarrawonga Border Golf Club Accommodation – on-course self contained accommodation which was great. The club itself is HUGE with about 5000 members I was told – that included golf, bowls, gym, social members. Whatever, the clubhouse was huge and accommodated us very nicely thank you! The club …

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Day 4 – Rutherglen, What is Topaque

The Rutherglen wine region has been producing luscious dessert wines since the 1850’s and wine merchants, writers and consumers around the globe, acclaim them as truly the world’s richest wines. The production of these wines is a life long journey of growing, producing, blending and nurturing.  With the right grapes …

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