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Lakes Entrance + Magical Metung
December 2022. Another Christmas, possibly the closest to how the festive season used to be before 2020, and another short getaway with...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Sep 266 min read
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Our Retirement Plan
Time visited: August 2023 Time spent: Five hours When Rakesh and I 'fly the nest', leaving our suburban two-bedroom flat to ShNaajh and...

Tupur Chakrabarty
May 97 min read
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Three Waterfalls and a Lookout
For our 2024 Christmas break, we wanted to go somewhere close to Melbourne. We didn't have any particular destination in mind; however,...

Rakesh Saha
Mar 147 min read
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Eildon: Victoria's Middle Earth
Time visited: March 2024 Time spent: Four days Day 1: 26 March 2024 DebrajDa met me at Eltham station at around 11:00 am. The drive to...

Udayan Roy
Dec 6, 20249 min read
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Go to Inverloch if you don't want
a jam-packed holiday! Time visited: April 2024 Time spent: Two nights After nearly sixteen months, six of us - two families bonded by...

Rakesh Saha
Jul 5, 202411 min read
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Devilbend: Enjoy the Magic!
Time visited: Mother's Day 2023 Time spent: Four hours There had been a drought of long walks due to the wet weather and we were...

Tupur Chakrabarty
May 10, 20245 min read
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Feeling 'at home' in an Airbnb
Do you remember this Airbnb advertisement from 2021 - strangers aren't that strange? When we first saw it, in 2022, our hearts melted. By...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Apr 6, 20244 min read
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Troubles That Make Us!
And there have been a few! But we're learning to embrace the bad and the ugly along with the good! Here are some of our top troubles...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Mar 8, 20246 min read
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Tassie Travels
Tasmania, the island state of Australia, which had always been on our wishlist albeit being a lower priority, finally made it to the top...

Sarzana Asif Jyoti
Feb 23, 20248 min read
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Daylesford 1.0
It was the 1st of July 2023. Despite being in the dead of winter and knowing that Daylesford was generally colder and wetter than...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Feb 9, 20244 min read
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Phillip Island: Phinally!
Time visited: April 2022 Time spent: Three nights "You've never been to Phillip Island? How long have you lived in Melbourne?" We lost...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Nov 17, 20236 min read
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Heartbreak around Heathcote: The Australian bush, the Pink Cliffs, and the elusive Mr Edgerton
Time visited: January 2023 Time spent: Three nights The cliffs are pink. They look like a miniature range of mountains with rounded peaks...

Suchi
Jul 14, 20235 min read
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A Town Where No One Tailgates!
Time visited: April 2021 Time spent: Two nights, three days Yes, that was the first thing we noticed about Bendigo! A laidback town, with...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Apr 28, 20236 min read
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