Growing up as a kid, here in Australia, in the 90s, I had the pleasure of watching some weird and wonderful Australian made kids TV. 

One show, and still one of my personal favourites, was Round the Twist. A show that followed a family that lived in a lighthouse and the weird things that happened to them. It is hard to explain exactly what happens to people who haven't seen it as it just gets too weird sometimes.

But with the awesomeness of it being an Australian show, means that it was filmed here and that you can go and visit the lighthouse they used in the show. Which is something that I have wanted to do since I was little. 

So one weekend we decided to just do it. To pack up the car and venture out to the coast to see the lighthouse itself. My friend Erin and I had been meaning to make this trip for a while, but hadn't found a good weekend to do so.

Firstly the drive to Aireys Inlet, where the lighthouse is, follows the Great Ocean Road. A coastal road that goes around the bottom end of Victoria. This gave us spectacular views, and a chance to walk along the beach later on in the day. 

It was kind of unbelievable seeing the lighthouse and actually recognising it from my childhood, considering the show played such a big part in my life as I was growing up, as it was always on TV. But being here was a childhood dream come true for both of us.

Also the views from around the lighthouse itself were pretty breathtaking and beautiful. With amazing coastline stretching out as far as the eye could see. 

Can't you just see how excited we were.

Afterwards we headed back to Anglesea, a town near by and have coffee, lunch and a walk on the beach before heading off.

It was an awesome day being able to see something from my childhood in real life. It was also just one being amazing adventure of a day, considering neither of us had been there, and had always wanted to go.

What is one place that you wish you could go from your childhood?

xx Kat

Healesville Sanctuary

Over the weekend I took a much needed break from all of my work and headed out for an adventure on Sunday. One of my roommates had asked me earlier on in the week if I wanted to go to Healesville Sanctuary with her and one of her friends.

Being an animal lover, I instantly agreed.

Healesville sanctuary is a wildlife park that specialises in Australian native animal. Since my roommate and her friend are both international students, they wanted to go and check it out and even take part in one of the up close encounters with some of the animals.

Having picked a surprisingly sunny day, we headed out early as it would take us about an hour to reach the park. Upon arrival, we got a tad lost (having relied on google maps) and were sent in the right direction by one of the keepers.

Once there we roamed the sanctuary and took in as many of the animals as we could. With the occasional fun fact from me about the animals, the the others girls didn't know. I think by the end of the day they were glad that they weren't from Australia, with our dangerous animals that hide around every corner. Especially after seeing the worlds most venomous snake, and one that we kinda proudly call our own here down under.  

 

The encounter that we got was with some of the dingo's they have at the sanctuary. I, being a dog person, was very excited about that. They were two of the sweetest animals in the world and were happy (as you can see above) to give you kisses. Something that I miss from my work back home.

It was a nice adventure and an enjoyable day. I really love being able to see the native animals and never get tired of being able to spend time around them. 

I would like to thank my roommate Leonie for suggesting the idea and also letting me use some of the awesome photos she took of the day. I was so honoured to be able to share this day with her and her friend, and to see their amazement of the weird and wonderful animals we have here.

xx Kat