Freycinet – Tasmania

Freycinet

Freycinet is a national park on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia, occupying a large part of the Freycinet Peninsula, named after French navigator Louis de Freycinet. Coles Bay is a small town bordering the national park while Swansea is the largest closest town. Wineglass Bay provides one of the best vista of national park with clear azure water overlooked by jagged granite peaks.

Wineglass bay

Wineglass bay

Wineglass bay

Wineglass bay

Freycinet

Freycinet

Freycinet

Bruny Island – Tasmania

bruny island

Bruny Island is an island off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, near Hobart which it is separated by the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, named after French explorer Bruni d’Entrecasteaux. Bruny Island is made of two islands joined a long and narrow sandy isthmus. You can walk up to the top of the “neck” for beautiful 360 degrees panoramic views.

Bruny Island is home to fur seals, penguins and white wallabies. You can drive on Bruny Island by taking your car via a ferry. Bruny Island offers beautiful bushwalks, wineries and artisan products.

bruny island

bruny island

bruny island

bruny island

bruny island

bruny island

View from above – Sydney

sydney harbour

Somedays, things work out and the day I flew over Sydney was one of them, perfect weather, Sydney waking up on a Sunday morning, beautiful beaches, beautiful surf, awesome harbour. Viewing Sydney from above makes you realise how special the city is and why we live here.

sydney harbour

Balmoral is the perfect for young kids, families, beautiful food at the Balmoral boat shed. I love the spot for stand up paddle boarding going to Chinaman’s beach or Clontarf.
sydney balmoral

sydney harbour

Ferries racing around Fort Denison
sydney harbour

South Manly and the walk path to Shelly beach, a great snorkelling spot and also excellent for standup paddle boarding
sydney aerial manly

sydney aerial balmoral

Sydney aerial harbour bridge opera house

Esperance – Western Australia

Twilight beach, bay, esperance

Espérance is French for hope and that’s what French explorers had when they sought sheltered there from a storm back in the 18th century, they survived and they even gave Esperance its town’s named after their boat. Esperance is a long way from everything about 730 km from Perth, Western Australia capital city. The town developed from the gold boom back in the 19th century and is now a popular spot for surfing, swimming, fishing, camping, hiking and nature lovers.

The beaches around Esperance are among the nicest we have seen, beautiful white sand, clear blue waters. Twilight beach was our favourite with its rock formation, West beach for hard core surfers overlooked by Eagleview and Lucky bay with its white sand beach, the whitest in Australia apparently!

Another thing to do as well is the Ocean drive, a beautiful scenic drive with panoramic views and coastal sceneries.

Twilight beach, bay, esperance

Twilight beach, bay, esperance

Twilight beach, bay, esperance

Esperance lighthouse

Twilight beach, bay, esperance

Twilight beach, bay, esperance

Twilight beach, bay, esperance

Twilight beach, bay, esperance

Bon Weekend – Town Restaurant , Bangalow

town bangalow

Town Cafe and Restaurant Bangalow
Address: 33 Byron St, Bangalow NSW 2479
Phone: +61 2 6687 1010

One of the best regional restaurants in nearby Bangalow about 20 minutes drive from Byron Bay. The service is great and the owner chefs are very friendly and hospitable. Reservation is a must – degustation dinner available through the restaurant with breakfast and lunch offered through the cafe.

Byron Bay

byron bay clarkes beach

Beaches and Walks to check out:
– Watego’s Beach
– Little Watego’s Beach
– Lighthouse walk from Wategos
– The Pass Beach
– Rainforest boardwalk behind The Byron At Byron
– Tea Tree Lake

Where to eat
The Roadhouse for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The food is incredible here!
Topshop for a great burger and fresh juice.
Town Cafe Restaurant in nearby Bangalow for an amazing degustation menu.
Harvest Cafe in Newrybar about 15 minutes drive from Byron Bay – a lot of the vegetables are grown in their own garden.
Milk and Honey in Mullimbimby for fantastic pizza

Where to shop
Spell Designs for gorgeous boho playsuits, skirts, dresses and jewellery.
Island Luxe Tribe for jeans, leather jackets & pants and gorgeous knits plus home furnishings.
Hope & May for raw and bohemian inspired fashion and interiors.

byron bay clarkes beach

byron bay clarkes beach

byron bay clarkes beach

byron bay clarkes beach

byron bay clarkes beach

byron bay clarkes beach

byron bay clarkes beach

wategos

wategos

wategos

Cape Byron

cape byron

Cape Byron is Australia’s easternmost point of the mainland of Australia. Cape Byron is located about 166 kms South of Brisbane and is located in New South Wales (NSW). The Cape Byron lighthouse was built in 1901 and can be reached by car, cycling or walking. There are many walking tracks from Byron Bay via Wategos beach to the lighthouse. It is one of our favourite coastal walks, trekking through rainforest, picturesque beaches and you can often watch dolphins jumping the waves in Clarkes beach. At the top, you can also overlook the 6.5 km long Tallow beach, a great surf beach but with many rips, so make sure to swim between the flags there.

tallow beach

cape byron

cape byron

cape byron

cape byron

cape byron

tallow beach

cape byron

tallow beach