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The Grand Tourists

Dreams, waking thoughts and incidents on the road

Aussie roadtrip stats

  • Days travelled: 100
  • Kilometres travelled: 26,161
  • Free/paid camps: 51/49
  • Pies eaten: 26
  • Tantrums thrown: 6
  • Bush poos taken: 1

Recent posts

  • A walk in the park: hiking in Peru, Australia and NZ
  • The last leg: limping from Byron Bay to Cup Day
  • The road most travelled: On the backpacker trail to Brisbane
  • Diver down: Learning to dive on the Great Barrier Reef
  • On the tablelands: Eating our way through Tropical North Queensland
  • Where the forest meets the sea: Discovering the Daintree Rainforest
  • The rest of the Red Centre: Hiking Kings Canyon and Ormiston Gorge
  • Between the Rock and a hard place: Uluru and Alice Springs
  • Discovering Australia’s Disneyland: Kakadu National Park
  • Bugs, crocs and bushfires: a million ways to die in the Top End

About us

An Aussie girl and an Englishman meet in Thailand and make their lives an endless Grand Tour.

Follow us as we road trip Australia and New Zealand, backpack South America and explore Europe.

Slow travel = slow posts :)

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Tag: Brewery

What a pearler! Visiting beautiful Broome
Australia

What a pearler! Visiting beautiful Broome

In Broome, Western Australia we spent our days fishing at Roebuck Bay, drinking mango beer, camping out at Willie Creek Pearl Farm and watching the 4WDs destroy Cable Beach. Continue reading What a pearler! Visiting beautiful Broome

Dockers and quokkas: Perth, Fremantle and Rottnest Island
Australia

Dockers and quokkas: Perth, Fremantle and Rottnest Island

We arrived in Perth from Margaret River late in the afternoon and on first impressions, it was the city of our dreams. Time to test the theory as we explore Cottesloe and Fremantle and meet the quokkas on Rottnest Island. Continue reading Dockers and quokkas: Perth, Fremantle and Rottnest Island

Beer, wine and high spirits: Denmark to Margaret River
Australia

Beer, wine and high spirits: Denmark to Margaret River

Shaking off our hangovers with a dip at the stunning Elephant Rocks in Denmark, we wind our way through forests of giant tingle trees, backwoods vineyards and breweries in time for wine o’clock at Margaret River. Continue reading Beer, wine and high spirits: Denmark to Margaret River

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