A few years back we had a fantastic holiday at Port Douglas, north of Cairns in Far North Queensland. We snorkelled the Great Barrier Reef, visited the amazing Daintree rain fores and saw the area through the eyes of local aboriginal people. Read about it here.
Our base for that trip was the gorgeous Pink Flamingo Resort in Port Douglas. Its a lusciously refurbished motel with outside showers and courtyards and gardens. It was a joy to stay in.
The Pink Flamingo is owned by women, and have long had women managers, the latest being Gigi Legenhausen and Adrea Groemminger We loved staying there, and I am sure you would.
The Pink Flamingo is funky and luscious – what more can a girl say?
Tina Hartung writes
I knew something big was heading my way when Wendy Raditz from the Winding Road Riders contacted me and requested a ride through Australia in two years time. Together with Patt from Melbourne/Australia and Leslie from Fremont/California we form Towanda Women who run women motorcycle tours. The tour for Wendy’s group was tailor made to suit their time frame of 14 days, relatively small budget and preferred weather – “not too hot”!
156 Emails later, six excited “girlz” from Pennsylvania arrived in Sydney for their big Downunder Adventure: The Winding Road Riders ride the Great Ocean Road. Our route would lead from Sydney (New South Wales) along the stunning coastal route to Melbourne (provincial capitol city of Victoria) and further onto the famous Great Ocean Road. From here we would take all the inland backroads and would ride via the Blue Mountains Nationalpark
back to Sydney. Read more of the story
Motorcycle Tours for Women NZ, Australia and Alaska
Our base for exploring the Barossa is Almond Hill B&B, in the village of Angaston. Easy to find on the outskirts of the town, we drive up the hill surrounded by flowering lavendar and rosemary, and pull in to park by a rhinoceros (iron) and the donkeys (two real ones), an alpaca and two sheep with week old lambs completes the menagarie. Read more
I love these Australian names, heading on the Fleurieu Peninsula out from Port Willunga, through Myponga to Yankalilla essentially following the Tribuke Dreaming Trail. We dropped off at Lilla’s, a café on the main road – they were closed but offered warmly to make a coffee while they prepared for the evening rush. Read more
Our base for exploring the Barossa is the amazing Almond Hill B&B and after a fabulous breakfast we head for our first coffee hit of the day– Blond Coffee on the main street of Angaston. It was a good choice (we come back three times before we leave), a deli style café with lots of space, great food, and large glass windows to watch the passing traffic.
I am staying in Port Willunga south of Adelaide, and we are heading off to the Barossa for a couple of days exploration. It’s a beautiful winter’s day as we drive through McLaren Vale (the other great wine growing region in SA). Through the vineyards we wind up into the Adelaide Hills. The idea of summer and bushfires is as far away as you can imagine – the fields are lush and green. The first signs of spring are all around us – the first grapes budding, almond trees, daffodils, tiny new born lambs. Read more
Adelaide Central Markets
I am in Adelaide for a couple of weeks – it’s winter but the weather is mild. We are in the city for a day. Adelaide has a fabulous Central Market open Tuesday – Saturday until 1pm. It is undercover, with great parking next door – fresh fruit and vegetables, olives, cheeses, fish, cakes and breads. It has everything you might need for a week of delicious meals – and soon that is exactly what we have. Last stop is coffee at Luigias – a must to catch your breath and watch the world go by.
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What is Bitchboards? Good question, I got onto Google – Bitchboards are snow boards made by women for women. Well, there you go. They are based in San Diego, California.
In honor of the outrageous fanfare during the first few months of snowboarding season in the land down under, August 10-28 will be the first annual BitchBoards® Sand To Snow Getaway!
We will travel from the world-famous Great Barrier Reef to the beautiful mountains of Australia and New Zealand in one trip! Exploring the sites, enjoying the tropical beaches, snowboarding on great mountains are all on the agenda but the trip will be focused around a fundraising effort Go Red For Women by hosting an event at Australia’s impressive Thredbo Snow Resort August 22.
We will even be making an appearance at the New Zealand Winter Games
Australian women are travelling overseas in ever-increasing numbers. It can be both exhilarating and daunting, and often the experience of a lifetime. So a government website writes, and they are right.
They have gone another step and provided a website and pamphlet on their smart traveller website -
read their travel advisory here
