http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog Travel ideas for those on the road in Australia Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:38:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2012/01/09/drive-from-melbourne-to-portland-to-chase-some-fin-bluefin-tuna-that-is/ http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2012/01/09/drive-from-melbourne-to-portland-to-chase-some-fin-bluefin-tuna-that-is/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:49:15 +0000 scott http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/?p=2557 CRUISING around in your Melbourne car rental to Victoria’s hotspots can always be broken up with a bit of activity on the water whether it be a river, creek or the mighty ocean, so I recommend you pack your rods.
Let’s start with the Great Southern Ocean. Just saying the name sounds impressive enough but when considering the idea of tackling it and chasing Bluefin Tuna, I feel it is always worth going with someone who knows the ocean like the back of their hand. I will always recommend you take a professional charter especially in waters that are very [...]]]> http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2012/01/09/drive-from-melbourne-to-portland-to-chase-some-fin-bluefin-tuna-that-is/feed/ 0 http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2011/01/12/say-gday-to-the-don-a-road-trip-to-the-southern-highlands/ http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2011/01/12/say-gday-to-the-don-a-road-trip-to-the-southern-highlands/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:01:01 +0000 scott http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/?p=1778 ONE can’t indulge in a picturesque road trip after picking up a rental car in Sydney and heading to the Southern Highlands without popping in to say hello to “the Don”, the greatest cricketer the world has ever seen.
Of course, to the uninitiated, we’re talking about the great Don Bradman, “the boy from Bowral”, who blasted world bowling attacks for thousands of runs around cricket grounds worldwide. No-one has come close to conquering his unsurpassable Test cricket batting average of 99. Unfortunately, the cricket legend left us almost a decade ago but his memory lives on [...]]]> http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2011/01/12/say-gday-to-the-don-a-road-trip-to-the-southern-highlands/feed/ 0 http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/04/28/boys-weekend-gold-coast-queensland/ http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/04/28/boys-weekend-gold-coast-queensland/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:35:53 +0000 austin http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/?p=196 The sun, the surf, the sights … the cheese. Ah, it’s what boys’ weekends are made of. The Gold Coast, Australia’s answer to Las Vegas minus a squillion casinos and bright neon lights, but certainly ample gambling opportunities, bands, great pubs and clubs, sunshine and sand – and that’s not desert sand, but the soft, powdery kind plonked right at the feet of some of the most spectacular beaches in the world.
Oh yes, then there’s the bikini clad babes wandering around here, there and everywhere. And plenty of buff male torsos for the ideal eye candy for a girls’ [...]]]> http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/04/28/boys-weekend-gold-coast-queensland/feed/ 0 http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/03/20/boys-weekend-byron-bay-nsw/ http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/03/20/boys-weekend-byron-bay-nsw/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:01:16 +0000 austin http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/?p=95 Kayaking with dolphins, having our “auras” photographed at Crystal Castle in the hinterland and laying a few bets on the gee-gees at a pub with ocean views wasn’t exactly the sort of blend I had in mind for a boys’ weekend, but hey, we were in Byron Bay and it was a case of doing as the Romans do … well, some of them, anyway.
Our weekend launched the moment we touched down on the Gold Coast at Coolangatta. We hooked ourselves up with a Toyota Aurion after snapping up the hottest deal at DriveNow with Hertz emerging the winner [...]]]> http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/2009/03/20/boys-weekend-byron-bay-nsw/feed/ 0