Blogs from Ceduna, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Hi, to you all, One week ago we left Ceduna, South Australia headed towards Perth, West Australia. Tomorrow we'll be in Ceduna again and ready to start the next phase of our trip. We're working our way towards Wollongong, New South Wales, to meet a family we've corresponded with for several years but have never met in person. Richard from Wollongong (south of Sydney) has already phoned us on our new mobile phone to see when we'll be arriving; it was wonderful to hear his voice. We've enjoyed our trip back through the Nullarbor Plains as much as the first time. We've been watching for animals and were rewarded with more kangaroos. One night we saw two feeding in the scrub near our campsite. We wandered out closer to them but Barry remembered snakes also live ... read more

Walpole and the Tingle trees. Tingle Trees are big fat redwoods. They grow to about 75metres high and about 25metres round. And in Walpole they have loads of them in the Valley of the Giants. They have constructed a treetop walk which enables you to wander right up into the canopy of these lovely big trees. We ended the day in Albany - a lovely seaside town with rocky headlands and lovely sandy beaches. Definitely somewhere I could retire to. Now inland, driving through miles and miles of wheat fields - to the iconic Wave Rock. The wave is actually one edge of Hyden Rock which is like a mini Ayres Rock - and a lot easier to climb. The wave is amazing though and worth the 700km detour. The weather is nice and warm and ... read more

We have had a second day at Ceduna, mainly because storms are expected on the Nullarbor and so we thought we'd be better off here than there. The sky is darkening so no doubt we'll have some heavy rain tonight - it's certainly needed. When we were walking around Ceduna yesterday we saw the Australian and Aboriginal flags flying at half-mast. Today there was a huge funeral where cars were banked up on all roads leading to the cemetery. Three teenagers were killed in a car crash just out of Ceduna - the car was stolen and doing 160 kph but evidently the deaths affected the town quite a bit. The caravan park here is 3km out of town and on Shelly Beach, just behind the big sandhill. Ceduna is quite an up to date town, ... read more

DAY 155 Andy was wide awake early this morning, I think because he had gone to bed so early last night. I was comfy and keeping warm, it was hard to get moving this morning. I felt pleased that we had asked if the possibility was there for another night if we needed and I felt as if we needed that, we had not done half of what we wanted to do in preparation for the next part of our trip. It seems that after a few days the journey has a habit of catching up with us or is it just psychological in terms of knowing that we have to catch up on recharging batteries for cameras, doing the washing, topping up with drinking water etc. Andy brought me tea in bed, it is ... read more

The rain has finally stopped, and the sky is blue, but the temperature is still very cool. We spent last night in Ceduna, at the “Airport Caravan Park”, the last park on your right as you leave Ceduna for Port Augusta Not a 5 stars park, but what we found was “Steve” the most helpful and courteous person one can wish for. Ever since we left home, I had trouble with the sway bars that kept popping out of their sockets, the caravan repair shop at Bunbury was no help at all in guiding me either, and we left, hoping for the best. Needless to say that it was hard keeping the van stable when driving, especially with the weather that we had…. Talking to “Steve” about that problem he said to me “ don’t worry, ... read more