As with all good things, also my adventures down under are coming to an end. After my vacation, I had a little less than two weeks left for relatively normal living in my apartment. I had figured that like at the start of my journey, I would also now book an Airbnb place for theContinue reading “The end of the journey”
Category Archives: @Victoria
On the eve of the summer vacation
It’s now about 18 months since I have had an annual leave from work. Surely I had a few long weekends during last year but there wasn’t a good time to take a vacation down under as it consisted quite much of restrictions and lockdowns. Now that I’m in my last months here and theContinue reading “On the eve of the summer vacation”
Hiking and time travel to the gold rush
Just before Christmas, a surge in local covid cases appeared in the Sydney suburbs. Between Christmas and New Year it also leaked to Victoria. After a streak of 61 days of no local cases in Victoria, the corona again raised its ugly head. Of course, I was concerned as I was in my last fourContinue reading “Hiking and time travel to the gold rush”
The odd combination of summer and Christmas
Back in Helsinki whenever December has been black (as in without snow), it has been difficult to get the Christmas feeling started. Of course, one part of that is, that I don’t have any Christmas decorations in my apartment. It changes when I travel to my close relatives where I usually spend my Christmas holidays.Continue reading “The odd combination of summer and Christmas”
On the road again
After five months since my first road trip, it was time for a new road trip within the Victoria state. The covid situation here is very good as when my road trip began, the Victoria state had its 28th day in a row without any new cases. It is usually remarked as the point whenContinue reading “On the road again”
Long dark winter is finally ending
The title refers more on the long lockdown rather than the actual season. The winter as a season here has felt more like a long late autumn in Finland. The lockdown finally ended last Wednesday after 111 days in stage 4 restrictions. The four reasons to leave home was removed and retail could open again,Continue reading “Long dark winter is finally ending”
Light at the end of the long tunnel
The marathon like situation of lockdown in Melbourne has now been going for 12 weeks and out of those 8 weeks has been under with the nightly curfew and 5km allowed movement range from home. Two weeks ago, were the first slight easings of the restrictions when the allowed outdoor time was doubled to twoContinue reading “Light at the end of the long tunnel”
Riding the second wave
In the last six weeks since my previous post I haven’t had any rush to plan my next trips outside of Melbourne. Well during the last two weeks I haven’t had the need to plan trips even over 5 kilometres outside of my home. Melbourne has been in stage 4 restrictions and we have stillContinue reading “Riding the second wave”
The Great Ocean Road trip
At last the day came when I started on my first of many road trips, which turned out to be great. It’s going to be a long post, so I hope you don’t get TLDR feeling (too long, didn’t read). As there are plenty of places to visit along the Great Ocean Road and theContinue reading “The Great Ocean Road trip”
Road trip is out there
Another seven weeks has passed since my last post. I think the reason is obvious: nothing really has happened. Still working remotely and going for runs and bike rides. I guess I’m now first-time doing winter biking as the winter weather is not so unfriendly for biking compared to Finland. But hey I once sawContinue reading “Road trip is out there”
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