Rained all day today which I was particularly unimpressed with, especially considering it was my last day of roadtripping (cry) and the only full day I had in Albany. However, I still managed to try and make the most of it! I got up very reluctantly as I was shivering so much, managed to brave the cold and have a shower then armed with my new jumper I set off into town. Had a veggie breakfast and a coffee at Dome and then went to the Anzac centre, where I learne...

Woke to the familiar sound of rain smattering the windows, but hey at least I woke up. No grizzly getting-chopped-into-pieces-in-my-sleep death for me. Result! Getting up I realised I had a splitting headache (probably from sleeping for so long), aching hips and shin splints. Getting far too old for this hiking malarkey. Anyway, showered and dressed and made my way to the treetop walk, only to find it didn't open until 9am. With an hour and a half to kill I made...

Woke up feeling pretty good after last night's nutritional dinner. I was in the car hanging around waiting for the visitor centre to open when I stumbled across a guide and map on my phone. Jumped out of bed and showered and off I went! The first stop was Gloucester Tree which I had read was one of the tallest trees (over 200ft) in the forest and had metal rungs all the way up to a platform nearly 60 metres high. Arriving I felt gassed and ready to climb, until I...

I had to return the keys for the campsite at 8.30 which was practically afternoon given the godforsaken hour I used to waking up at, so I had a bit of a chill this morning (in more than one sense!). I cracked on with reading some more of my frightfully intellectual Jackie Collins novel, showered and got ready for the day. After returning the keys I headed into town to fuel up and callk into the visitor centre to decide on the day's excursion. After much mmming an...

Pinch punch... WINE TOUR DAY!! I was obviously far too eager to start the day as I woke up at 4.30am (most likely due to the anticipation of all the wine I was going to consume), but I managed to doze until the more suitable time of 5.30am when I couldn't lie in bed any longer. Upped and showered and even pushed the boat out and applied some make up. Feeling much more ladylike than I had in a while I headed to town for some pre-wine tour nourishment (and a good ...