Kamusta Philippines!

Day 0 of Philippines 2025 trip

By Ippy

6 minute read

First Meal in The Philippines

First Meal in The Philippines

A trip to the Philippines was always on the horizon for us with A having lived there a few years during his childhood, and he was keen to revisit. 2025 granted us an easy way to take a block of leave with the Easter public holidays and ANZAC day appearing close together, so it was a bit of a no brainer. It was also whale shark season (more on that later). And it was my birthday again, so time for a trip!

Japan 2023 Trip

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By Ippy

6 minute read

This is a placholder post, possibly to give myself some accountability.

In 2023, we visited Japan, the first time in 10 years for me and 6 years for A.

Continue reading to see an itinerary of where we went.

More Hobart and some Richmond, Tasmania

Day 10 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

9 minute read

kunanyi As Seen From Rosny Hill Lookout

kunanyi As Seen From Rosny Hill Lookout

It was starting to feel like we had allocated too many days to Hobart and we felt quite constrained without having a car. Today was market day but found there wasn’t much else we could tackle without a car, so the logical thing to do was to hire a car again, just for the day.

Hobart

Day 8 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

8 minute read

River Derwent and Sandy Bay as seen from Castray Box at Sunset

River Derwent and Sandy Bay as seen from Castray Box at Sunset

Today was our first full day in Hobart. It was a really relaxing day where we aimed to soak up some history and art and seek out good food.

To Hobart via Ross

Day 7 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

8 minute read

Ross Bridge, Constructed in 1836

Ross Bridge, Constructed in 1836

We had a tightly planned day but the aim was to drive from Barrington to Hobart, which would take roughly 4 hours. We had some extra stops to make because I reworked the things we had to drop on Day 3 into today’s plan. Today is also the last day we have the car. Once again, just because you planned it doesn’t mean things go to plan.

By Ippy

8 minute read

Man vs. Kangaroo

Man vs. Kangaroo

Today was earmarked as a buffer day in case we were not able to do Cradle Mountain the day before. Of course we know that turned out just fine, so we spent the day doing some things on the backup plan like seeing some Tassie Devils and doing laundry at Devonport. From now to the end of the trip, there will be no more hiking and things will be more laidback (and not as exciting to be honest).

Cradle Mountain

Day 5 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

10 minute read

Cradle Mountain as seen from Marions Lookout

Cradle Mountain as seen from Marions Lookout

Cradle Mountain was the second big headliner of our trip in Tassie. We were pretty pumped for it and determined not to screw it up. Turns out we were extremely lucky to see Cradle Mountain on such a clear day - apparently there are 30 such days in the entire year.

Westward Towards Cradle Mountain

Day 4 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

11 minute read

Sunset over a private reservoir in Barrington, Tasmania

Sunset over a private reservoir in Barrington, Tasmania

Today was intentionally a breezy relaxing day where we would just pop in to various places on the North Western Tasting Trail and have a look see or scoff food down our gobs. The only thing we had to do was make our way west towards Cradle Mountain. We had booked accommodation at a repurposed church in Barrington, which was about an hour away from Cradle Mountain. We were going to just commute to the mountain the next day because any type of accommodation closer to the mountain was very exhorbitant.