Blogs from Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Woomera is....well, weird! The Lonely Planet describes it as a "drab government town with an interesting Lions Club Aircraft and Missile Park". Drab it is, interesting isn't the best choice of word! It was more of a store room for any ind of junk that they could relate to the place. Outside there was an impressive collection of missiles and aircraft thing-ies but inside was terrible. Yes it had a vast collection of rocket memorabilia from the space rocket programmers and British Weapons testing but there was no text to explain what actually was going on and what it actually was. The best part, for me, was the rocks and minerals collection, where the "gold nugget" was actually a badly scrunched up piece of gold and silver foil. It gave us a laugh at the very ... read more

Well it is a long time since I wrote. Last entry was from Lake Alexandrina at Meningie which was incorrect. It was Lake Albert but it joins up with L Alexandrina - either way it was a beautiful spot. Drove from there to Victor Harbour via Wellington where we crossed the river on the ferry. Stopped at Strathalbyn for morning tea and heard that the 'torch' was on it's way. On our way to Goolwa we passed the C'wealth Games torch and its entourage - much tooting and waving even from the police escort. Lunched in Goolwa where the Murray empties into the sea and there is great concern about what will happen to the river if we continue to use so much water. There is only a trickle being allowed out at the moment and ... read more