Blogs from Ceduna, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

I'd always wanted to visit this small but important historic town in South Australia, but it wasn't until recently that I got the chance. Some friends of mine worked at a nearby mine, and I later visited there, but first I wanted to get a chance to properly explore the lovely town of Cedona .Car HireI was quite pleased as the car hire process at the airport was painless and fast. I simpl... read more

Desert Ship Territory Log Day 16 It was a pretty cold morning in Clare as it would've been about one degree. I really wanted to see the historic town of Mintaro just out of Clare and to see if I could catch a glimpse of Martindale Hall since we are going to miss opening time. All I got to see was some outbuildings through the bush. After stopping briefly back in Clare I couldn't stop photographing all of the old buildings. Clare is also a wine growing area but the minute you leave the valley it quickly reverts to rolling agricultural plains and we were surprised to see how advanced the already flowering canola crops were. We were approaching the Southern Flinders Ranges area again and the landscape got quite hilly again. If you have a ... read more

I last wrote early on Monday 26th just a couple of days ago when we planned to go and check out the Lincoln National Park and were stuck in the van because it was raining so hard. Instead we decided to drive the 45 kms to Port Lincoln and treat ourselves to a lunch of fresh fish and chips. I can see your face from here Barbara. We headed off into the rain and managed to get to PL in time for an early lunch and went hunting for a fish and chip shop. We found one and it was closed. In desperation we went into some stores and asked the staff. They all looked at us blankly and the consensus was the fish and chip shop which was closed or go to a hotel. What ... read more

We thought the wind had finished with us for a while, but it returned with a vengenance for our day trip to Ceduna. Its only 110km from Streaky Bay, but two up on Heidi plus the headwind, it seemed much, much longer. The roads again were very long and straight but at least the countryside hadn't been denuded. Once again we noticed the complete lack of toilets at the very few and far between rest areas. Although having said that we have also noticed the lack of roadside rubbish. Saturday lunch time in Ceduna found most of the places closed. We hunted for a cafe and the first one w e tried, had the door locked and wouldn't let us in. The people sitting inside just looked at us with distaste, so we left them in ... read more

The caravan set up with a sea view on the esplanade in Ceduna, we headed next door to the hotel in search of Friday lunch. Local King George whiting with the obligatory chips and salad, washed down with a bottle of New Zealand Sav Blanc set the standard for our few days in Ceduna. The views across the bay were very beautiful and gave rise to stunning sunsets. Cameras clicked aplenty as all and sundry tried to capture them. Grain trucks filling the silos, stark white salt piles and clattering gypsum trains all located near the wharf were evidence of local production. A ship being filled with gypsum meant regular long heavy trains passing through town by night and day. Obviously Friday is the night for action at the pub next door. Seems everyone was being ... read more