It's great to be in a city with such an amazing array of whiskies on offer just a stones throw from our doorstep. This is The Elysian Whisky Bar in Fitzroy, Melbourne. The bar is owned by Kelvin and Yao who both really know their whisky. I sampled a 10 year old sherry cask Edradour from Signatory, a 21 year old bourbon barrel North British from North Star, and the sherry cask aged Solera from Starward distillery in Melbourne, the North British was my favorite dram of the night, a real dessert whisky with notes of vanilla, digestive biscuits, rum & raisin ice cream and tinned pears. #theelysian #elysian #theelysianwhiskybar #elysianwhiskybar #melbourne #whisky #whiskybar #scotch #singlemalt #singlegrain #edradour #northbritish #starwardwhisky #singlemaltwhisky #scotchwhisky
Brighton Beach, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
We both really enjoyed Adelaide and the weather was much cooler than anywhere else in Australia, it almost felt like we were back in England. Brighton beach was really nice, it felt so refreshing to feel a cool breeze blowing in from the Great Australian Bight.
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St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
We both really enjoyed Adelaide, the architecture gave the place a bit of a European feel, the weather was much cooler than anywhere else in Australia, it almost felt like we were back in England.
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Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
The name Coober Pedy was given to the settlement by the Aboriginal people of Australia, the name means 'white mans's burrows'. Coober Pedy is a opal mining town, the settlement is built on an opal field and when people came out to the area to make their fortunes they didn't have bricks or timber to build houses so they simply burrowed into the hills to build their homes, the underground homes also stay cooler than their above ground counterparts. Mad Max was filmed at the breakaways which is in the Coober Pedy area. The whole place looks out of this world, like something you'd see in a Star Wars movie.
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I think we raised some eyebrows when we were planning this trip, some people even laughed at the idea of it. Travelling 13,000kms around Australia on some pretty remote roads isn't to be taken lightly, especially when you're doing it in a little $2000 sedan with almost 200,000kms on the clock, but we're back and it was a huge success and we had an amazing time. I have called this trip 'The Great Australian Mega Road Trip', we have covered around 13,000kms over 6 weeks, 1,500kms were covered on our last day. The trip has made me develop a great appreciation for just how vast this country really is. The journey has been full of ups and downs, overall our experiences were mostly positive but nobody, myself included really talks about the negatives, like practically having to peel your sweaty jocks off after a day of hiking in the 40 degree heat with no shower around for miles, folding yourself up like a pretzel just so that you can sleep in the front seat of your already cluttered car. Regardless of the lack of home comforts I'd do a road trip like this again...just not for a while.
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