GAWLER TO THE EYRE PENINSULA AND THE START OF THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT TO NULLABOR ROADHOUSE


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Published: June 5th 2023
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Got away from Gawler around 10am on 31st May and hit the road for six hours getting to Kimba at around 4.30. It was a good drive on a really lovely sunny day passing through Port Augusta and Iron Knob. Kimba is a rural service town and is one of the major wheat producing areas of South Australia. It is also the halfway point crossing Australia. We are staying at a free camp here (donation to keep ... Read Full Entry



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View from afar
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Smack bang in the middle of the wheat belt
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There is no way you can imagine from the ground that the rock is this amazing shape.... like a hand on the ground!
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Walking up one side of the rock, theres our van!
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Up on the summit, lots of rock pools full of water
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The birthplace of Kerrin McEvoy... a lovely statue of him
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Out to Whistling Rocks down through the sand dunes
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The Blowholes gave us a beaut display today
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the jetty
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Beautiful ocean
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Our beautiful coastline
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The blowholes were amazing
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Boy little bogeye on the road - I think they are called Blue Lizards
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On the road out to Whistling Rocks
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Lovely young guys own this shed
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Getting us a couple of dozen
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lots of oysters right there, just picked this morning
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the boys getting our oyster shucked....thank you didn't fancy doing them ourselves
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A few natural and the others killers.... sooo good!
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Lovely sunset tonight
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Those Hammer oysters are mighty fine



6th June 2023

Hello from Port Melbourne
So love hearing of your travels, they are so exciting & brings back great memories of our caravan days. Funny your story of being on an airport runway reminds us of our stay in Ararat at a caravan park on the outskirts. If it wasn’t the trains between Adelaide & Melbourne it was the semis going all night. Your lovely daughter Lara surprising you with that sumptuous dinner was a marvellous story. You are both so lucky & deserve it too. Keep on happy travelling & love hearing from you both. Keep well. XxE&V

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