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Welcome from David and Lyn.

The format of our site is in three parts:

  1. Blog server - our day-to-day travel blogs (this website)
  2. Photo server - some of our key photos
  3. YouTube channel - our videos (many linked directly from our blogs)

The site includes hundreds of searchable travel blogs. Some of our longer trips are listed below. 

General travel

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About

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David and Lyn
e-mail: brizzy@outlook.com.au

Ballroom Blitz, 2017  Formal night, 2020  Australia Day, 2020  Belize, 2013

Cruise countdown

 

2026 New Zealand Cruise - Blog Starting Page

2026 European Odyssey River Cruising - Blog Starting Page

2027 Circle Pacific Cruise - Blog Starting Page

Links to major adventures

 
   
2025 Pacific North America Cruise
Blog - Apr 2025 to June 2025
  • Cruise #1 - Sydney to LA Repositioning
  • Cruise #2 - Pacific Wine Country
  • Rocky Mountaineer - Discovery Circle
  • Cruise #3 - Voyage of Glaciers (Northbound)
  • Cruise #4 - Voyage of Glaciers (Southbound)

2024 - World Cruise on the Coral Princess

Blog - Apr 2024 to Aug 2024
Photos

  • Segment #1: Sydney to Tangier - 35 Days
  • Segment #2: Tangier to Dover (via Baltic) - 21 Days
  • Segment #3: Dover to New York - 18 Days
  • Segment #4: New York to Brisbane - 38 Days

2020 – Indian Ocean & South Africa Odyssey + Southern Australia Explorer

Blog - Jan 2020 to Mar 2020
Photos

 

   
2019 - Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise on the Sea Princess

Blog - Aug 2019 to Oct 2019
Photos

 

   
2018 - World Cruise on the Sea Princess
Blog - Jun 2018 to Sept 2018
Photos
  • Segment #1: Brisbane to Dubai - 19 Days
  • Segment #2: Dubai to London - 30 Days
  • Segment #3: London to New York - 20 Days
  • Segment #4: New York to Brisbane - 37 Days
   
2017 - Cherry Blossom cruise (a.k.a. China - Japan cruise)
Cherry Blossom cruise
Blog - March 2017 to April 2017
Photos
 
2016 - World Cruise on the Sea Princess   Sea Princess entering Sydney harbour - 28 Aug 2016
Blog - May 2016 to Aug 2016
Photos
  • Segment #1: Sydney to Dubai – 20 Days
  • Segment #2: Dubai to London – 35 Days
  • Segment #3: London to New York – 11 Days
  • Segment #4: New York to Sydney – 38 Days
  • Home Leg: Sydney to Brisbane – 2 Days
   
2015 - Hawaii, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise on the Sun Princess Samoa - 21 July 2015
Blog - Jul. 2015 to Aug. 2015
Photos
 
   
2014 - South East Asia on the MV Voyager  Sihanoukville - 01 March 2014
Blog - Feb. 2014 to Mar. 2014
Photos
  • Leg #1 Treasures of Asia
  • Leg #2 Colours of the Indian Ocean
   
2012 - Caribbean cruise on the MV Voyager Montego Bay - 04 Jan 2013
Blog (by Lyn) - Nov 2012 to Jan 2013
Photos (by David and Lyn)
  • Leg #1 Voyage to the Caribbean
  • Leg #2 Caribbean Gems
  • Leg #3 A Tapestry of Central America
   
2011 – Far East cruise on the MV Discovery Shanghai - 08 Jan 2012
Blog (by David) - Dec 2011 to Feb 2012
Photos (by David)
  • Leg #1 Treasures of the Orient and Vietnam
  • Leg #2 Empires of the Sun
  • Leg #3 South East Asia and Australia
   
2010 - Caribbean cruise on the MV Discovery Chichen Itza - 21 Dec. 2010
Blog (by David) - Nov 2010 to Jan 2011 
Photos (by David) 
  • Leg #1 Discovery of the New World
  • Leg #2 Colonial Trails of the Caribbean
  • Leg #3 Tales of the Old Spanish Main
   
2009 - Grand Voyage of Discovery from Mumbai (India) to London on the MV Discovery
Blog (by David) - Mar 2009 to May 2009 Baalbek, Lebanon - 17 April 2009
Photos (by David)
  • Leg #1 India and The Persian Gulf
  • Leg #2 Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean
  • Leg #3 Black Sea, Turkey and Greek Isles
  • Leg #4 European - mainly the Mediterranean
   
2025 Scootaville Qld (Index)

Brisbane to Brisbane
22 August 2025 - 12 September 2025
Scootaville Queensland 2025 offers an opportunity for ex-service personnel to come together, reconnect with the community, to discuss any problems with their peers and to explore and bring attention to regional Queensland. Scootaville will celebrate what it means to be Australian and raise awareness of the hardships that service and ex-service personal face. With the help and generousity of the community and sponsors, Scootaville seeks to raise vital funds for Legacy and the Air Force Association (clink here for donation link) to assist families of lost or injured service members and homeless veterans.

  Honda 110cc

David is joining some fellow ex-ADF men and women who will ride 110cc motor scooters on the round trip from Brisbane. Riding over 3,000 km will take us 19 days and will be a fundraiser for Legacy and the Air Force Association (clink here for donation link). This is a rare opportunity to explore our beautiful country with our peers, overnighting in Toowoomba, Goondiwindi, St George, Cunnamulla, Thargomindah, Charleville, Blackall, Barcaldine, Emerald, Biloela, Gayndah, Kingaroy, before returning to Brisbane on the 11th September.

The ride is presented by the Radschool Association Inc., which is a registered charity formed in 1999 to represent the men and women who were trained by the Air Force to either maintain or operate its electronic equipment. It encourages connection and mateship among its 1400 plus members through its magazine, website, social media, reunions and special events like Scootaville.

Day Destination Date Minimum distance
- Chermside (Brisbane) 22-Aug-25 9km
- Chermside 23-Aug-25 -
1 Toowoomba 24-Aug-25 154 km
2 Toowoomba 25-Aug-25 -
3 Goondiwindi 26-Aug-25 222 km
4 St George (new) 27-Aug-25 205 km
5 Cunnamulla (new) 28-Aug-25 295 km
6 Cunnamulla 29-Aug-25 -
7 Thargomindah (new) 30-Aug-25 197 km
8 Thargomindah 31-Aug-25 -
9 Cunnamulla (return) 01-Sep-25 197 km
10 Charleville 02-Sep-25 198 km
11 Charleville 03-Sep-25 -
12 Blackall 04-Sep-25 304 km
13 Blackall 05-Sep-25 -
14 Barcaldine 06-Sep-25 107 km
15 Emerald 07-Sep-25 312 km
16 Biloela 08-Sep-25 314 km
17 Gayndah 09-Sep-25 247 km
18 Kingaroy 10-Sep-25 148 km
19 Brisbane 11-Sep-25 211 km
    Total: 3,120 km

The final distance travelled on the scooter ridden by David was 3405 km.

All Photos (credit to David, Nosey, Steve, Pinky, Joy, Trevor .... and many more)

A promotional video (4:46 mins) was produced by Griffith University about this endeavor:

Reference:

Major Sponsors

How can you help?
We invite you to donate via the Scootaville page: https://radschool.org.au/donate/. Your donation is tax deductible. We greatly appreciate your generosity!

   

Raising much needed funds for:
  

Pre-start | 2025 Scootaville Qld | Day 1

Brisbane (return)

Day 19 - Kingaroy to Brisbane
Thursday, 11 Sept. 2025
Our last day returning the 211 km to Brisbane. A handful of the riders and support are leaving us early and we only have enough riders for five scooters. The sixth bike was placed in the truck along with the broken bike.

Everyone was keen to get started and we left the Showgrounds an hour earlier than expected. We did however have two unplanned stops before we left Kingaroy. The first was a coffee stop at the Kingaroy Kitchen, followed by a quick stop at The Peanut Van. It’s now 9am and we depart the town on time.

The weather looks perfect, however it is very cold and we have very strong westerlies blowing across the road. The evening news reported 70km/h gusts at Brisbane Airport. It made going slow, but we don't have far to travel.

Our first planned stop is at the Yarraman RSL for morning tea and some warming up. It’s then off to the Kilcoy RSL for lunch … we arrive as planned at noon. As always, both these RSL’s look after us extremely well and we thank them for their hospitality.

It’s now off to Brisbane with a few more departures along the way, and the return of the scooters to Nibble Bikes in Newstead. The bus picks us up and returns us to Trev’s place. Time to head home to a comfortable bed and a good nights sleep.


Day 20 - Brisbane
Friday, 12 Sept. 2025
Returning to Trev’s to unpack and clean the vehicles. We travelled just over 3,400 km on these motor scooters, cruising between 80 and 95 km/h (depending on conditions) … very impressive little bikes.

Thanks Trevor for all the hard work with Scootaville. It looks like we'll raise around $10,000 for our two charities ... great work by all involved...

Photos from Brisbane / Slideshow:

Previous blog for Brisbane (Chermside): 28-29 August 2024
Previous blog (this trip) for Brisbane (Chermside): 22-23 August 2025

  

Day 18 | 2025 Scootaville Qld | The End!

Kingaroy

Day 18 - Gayndah to Kingaroy
Wednesday, 10 Sept. 2025
Only 148km today starting with breakfast at The Big Orange in Gayndah. Dael jumped on David’s scooter for the short trip whilst he drove her car. Then a short 26km ride to Ban Ban Springs (population 31) for the paddle pop experience … thanks Trev. We stopped at Goomeri (population 677) for an unexpected morning tea … provided by Patti’s sister and a few of the locals ... very nice.

Our next stop was at Murgon (population 2,220) for lunch however, lunch was meant to be in Wondai (population 1,975). So back on the bikes and off to the Hotel Cecil.

Overnight at the Kingaroy Showgrounds where the awards for this Scootaville were presented. It seems we have a few beers of one brand left in the cooler ... obvious it must be the least favourite. Then it’s off to the Kingaroy RSL for dinner and some decent drinks.

Kingaroy
Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland. It is approximately 210 km or about 2½ hours drive north-west of the state capital Brisbane. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways. In the 2016 census, the locality of Kingaroy had a population of 10,020 people.

The origin of the name Kingaroy is usually claimed to be derived from the Wakka Wakka Aboriginal word for 'Red Ant'.

It is known as the "Peanut Capital of Australia" because Australia's largest peanut processing plant is located in the town and it's peanut silos that dominate the skyline. Kingaroy is also known as the hometown of former Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Reference: Wikipedia

Photos from Kingaroy / Slideshow:

 

Previous blog for Kingaroy: 04 Sept. 2022

  

Day 17 | 2025 Scootaville Qld | Day 19

Gayndah

Day 17 - Biloela to Gayndah
Tuesday, 09 Sept. 2025
Now heading south east travelling 247 km through Monto (population 1,156), Eidsvold(population 574) and Mundubbera (population 1,160), before reaching our overnight stay at Gayndah (population 1,981).

Our first stop was Lawgi Hall for a photo, then onto the Monto RSL for smoko. As always the hospitality provided was outstanding and the spread was amazing. Next stop was the RM Williams Centre at Eidsvold for lunch. After the food provided at Monto, no one was hungry.

We had an unplanned visit to the Binjour Plateau State School where we stopped last year. The school has four children, and loved the bikes and all the boxes of chips.

In past years we have stayed at the Showgrounds. Unfortunately the building is not available this year and we are staying in the RSL Hall. Closer to town, but we have to travel to the Showgrounds to shower.

Dinner was a BBQ at the RSL Hall cooked by the sub-branch. The local uke group provided a few classic songs as entertainment. A fabulous night...

Photos from Gayndah / Slideshow:

Previous blogs for Gayndah: 05 Sept. 2022, 05 Sept. 2024

Gayndah
Gayndah (population 1,981) is a town and locality in the North Burnett Region of Queensland. It is on the Burnett River and the Burnett Highway passes through the town. The town is the centre of Queensland's largest citrus-growing area. The town's information centre is located inside a man-made orange, known as The Big Orange.
Reference: Wikipedia

  

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