South Australia
Adelaide – Our First Large City and Rain
The distance between Coober Pedy and our next stop in Port Augusta was a little over 500 kms. You may ask what is there to see along the way? The answer is (apart from two roadhouses and an artificial town) absolutely nothing! The landscape changes slightly from open desert plains to grey saltbush. After a […]
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Coober Pedy – Its a Gem, But Its Also a Remote, Dusty, Mining Town
We planned a two-night stay in Coober Pedy to give us time to see its attractions and something of life in the town. We had actually seen most of it by lunchtime. It’s very remote – the nearest city of Alice Springs is 680 kilometres to the north, and Port Augusta to the south is […]
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Coober Pedy -A Gem of a Town
We have enjoyed the lower temperatures of the last few days (26C) although the next few days are forecast to get hot again. We went out to dinner at the Big Winch Cafe in Coober Pedy tonight and we had to ask them to turn their cooler off as it was making us feel very […]
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Our Long Drive to Broken Hill
In a final look around Burra before leaving, we found a few sights that we hadn’t yet seen such as the old railway station. The last trains from here ran in the 1990s. Railway lines were once the life blood of rural Australia but have now been replaced by modern road transport. Trucks now transport […]
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Moving Inland to Burra
Over the last couple of days, we have explored most of the flat agricultural area of the Yorke Peninsula. Today, we moved through some more undulating country which is more focused on grazing rather than grain cropping. In a previous post I mentioned that most of the land on the peninsula is used for growing […]
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The Yorke Peninsula Art Trail
I have found two differences between this area of the Yorke Peninsula (and generally through South Australia) with Victoria. In Victoria, timber was commonly available to early settlers as an inexpensive and expeditious method of construction. Many early buildings have either rotted away or fallen down. In South Australia, early settlers used stone for constructing […]
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South to Dhilba Guuran da-Innes National Park
Yesterday,, we spent our day travelling south of Edithburgh to the very southerly end of the York Peninsula. Just after leaving Edithburgh,we came across the Wattle Park Wind Farm. It has been operating since April 2005. When it was officially opened in June of that year it was Australia’s largest wind farm at 91 megawatts.. Its […]
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We’re on the York Peninsula
Yesterday, we travelled from Hahndorf to the little town of Edithburgh on the York Peninsula. This is not near the location of Coffin Bay and its famous oysters – that’s the Eyre Peninsula – hundreds of kilometres away. Near Port Wakefield is a Proof Range where the army tests artillery weapons and ammunition. It just […]
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A Visit to Hahndorf
We only had a short 75 km to travel from Victor Harbor to Adelaide and then Hahndorf in the Lofty Ranges behind the capital city but it took us all day. The first part of our journey was across the top of the Fleurieu Peninsula and it took us through some beautiful undulating farming country […]
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Our Day in the Fleurieu Peninsula
Our second day in Victor Harbor began with a late start and then an easy drive along the Fleurieu Way towards the end of the peninsula. Some of this drive took us along the coast with some very photogenic locations. Looking to King Head from The Bluff Petrel Cove Beach at Victor Harbor Waitinga Beach We […]
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Driving Along the Linmestone Coast
Over the last two days we have driven north along the Limestone Coast Region of South Australia as we travelled from Mount Gambier to the seaside town of Victor Harbor. On the way, we made a number of divergences to a variety of scenic places and enjoyed some interesting scenery. On the very first part of […]
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Exploring Around Mount Gambier
On this easy going and relaxed trip, we have spent the last two days exploring the area around Mount Gambier. Yesterday, we looked around the region closer to town and today, further to some places further away along the coast near Port Macdonnell. Mount Gambier is known for its unique geological features, including its limestone […]
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