We are nerdy. We travel.
What happens when two nerds start a blog about travel? There will be over-planning, craft beer, historic bakeries, funiculars, galleries, statistics and possibly a library or two.
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Disney Cruise Line returns to Australia and New Zealand in 2025/26
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Highlights from GABS 2024
![The wildest beer at GABS 2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63a8385e8b28990ffa2b6a5b/68390c6e-a283-4cda-a13f-04bf3202f18f/GABS001.jpg)
The wildest beer at GABS 2024
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Order beer like a local
![Cradle Mountain of madness](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63a8385e8b28990ffa2b6a5b/1675366047203-YGREGSG6V6QCQPUGBN8G/cradle-mountain001f.jpeg)
Cradle Mountain of madness
How can we mere humans even start to describe Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain?
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First Stop in Melbs
Where do a couple of nerds go in one of the coolest cities in Australia? Well, the State Library of Victoria, of course.
The Road from Launceston to Cradle Mountain
The short drive from Launcenton to Cradle Mountain was more eventful (and yummy!) than expected.
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A day on Maria Island
We went to Tasmania for two reasons: food and fuzzy wombats. You can’t buy food on Maria Island.