Blogs from Ceduna, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Last night while we were having dinner Bernie and Cathy found notices online indicating that the Eyre Highway east of Border Village was closed and a detour via the Old Eyre Highway was in place. We decided not to worry too much about it last night hoping that the way would be clear this morning. Anyway, we thought, that ‘could’ facilitate a visit to the Koonalda Homestead because it looked like the detour went on the old highway to the homestead and then returned to Highway A1 via the access road to the homestead? Aiming to leave at 8.15am this morning we were packed and ready to go at 7.45am … even though all the digital watches said it was only 7.00am! Groan, it felt like we were on the road again before we went to ... read more

DAY 7 CEDUNA Overnight rain and a ‘fresh’ breeze had us wrapped in warm clothes until midmorning before a beautiful day with a few wispy clouds flowing through. We explored the town from its outskirts and within and came to the opinion (not verified), that Ceduna was a not-a-well-to-do place. The port at Thevenard had huge silos and gypsum exporting facilities. Being a coastal town, a sheltered, small boat harbour for the local fishing industry had been constructed too. Washing and drying was also completed today plus the topping up of a few fresh vege supplies … just couldn’t convince Jane to buy chocolate and such goodies. However, the highlight of the day came about when Pauline Cooper, who was following our trip from Geraldton, messaged to say that Ian Gummery’s brother John, and his wife ... read more

It has been a few months, since I last travelled this great continent we call Australia. So, on the 3rd of February 2017, I made plans to pack up my swag and head to the West coast of South Australia. The town, where I was staying at is a place called Ceduna, about 450KM car drive from my hometown of Whyalla. Whyalla is on the eastern side of the Eyre peninsula, while Ceduna is on the western side, meaning I crossed a number of towns along the way. These towns being, Iron knob, Kimba, Wudinna, Minnipa and Poochera. As I drove through the heart of the Eyre peninsula with the music cranked up, I surveyed the dry barren landscape and farmland, a definite reminder that we are in the middle of summer. I stopped for a ... read more

It was blowing a gale again the morning I left Venus Bay. Too windy to stay; too windy to drive. However, drive I did. Heading north up the west coast of the Eyre Peninsular, straight into the wind. Lovely! But good old Sally was very happy to chug along at 80 kms per hour and we had the road to ourselves heading in our direction, so all was well. On top of the wind however there was the heat to cope with as the mercury soared into the 30s. I promised myself that if it was too terrible, I would stop in Streaky Bay. But it was just as windy there and there are few free camp sites anywhere there, so after filling with water and fuel and grabbing some juice and fly spray from the ... read more

Hi travel followers. We figured it was time for another update on our travels as we have covered quite a bit of territory since the last blog. I.e. From Esperance we headed for Norseman where we left the van for a day or so while we headed up to Kalgoorlie to check out the local sights and do a tour of the gold mines "Super Pit". I must say it was well worth the trip and a real eye opener getting up close and personal with some of the enormous mining equipment they use in the pit etc. We were lucky enough to be at the mine on the time and day they did a "blast" and what a sight that was also. See photos. This is a must do destination for anyone travelling Australia or ... read more