Blogs from Meningie, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Today is probably the hottest yet so far, the bush avian call was more melodic than the rowdy raucous Fra car' of yesterday morn. But wait there is another sound not too far from my tent, it sounded like footsteps, oh! shit!!. I have heard about naughty people murdering tourists in the remote places of S.A. Poo scared I took a sneaky peaky through the tent fly, I was so relieved to see "Will Wallaby" foraging around our campsite. Note to self, extra care is needed in choosing bush campsites. The first rule is to look for rubbish, especially beer cans or condoms, sure sign that the site is frequented by locals. Second is fresh car tyre tracks, what goes in, must come out, "Don't pitch tent on bush tyre tracks for obvious reasons. With the ... read more

After a good night's kip, the noise of our neighbours brushing their teeth @ 7.30am suggested that the walls between motel rooms were not particularly sound proof. Seeing no peace for a lie-in, we went with the flow and fell out of bed early. We strolled down (well actually I hobbled - as the bites on my feet are still quite tender) down to the bakery and, after some deliberation, purchased a couple of Ned Kelly’s for breakfast. These are the Oz equivalent of Cornish Pasties - egg, bacon, meat and tomato baked in pastry. An interesting experience, but probably not one we'll choose to repeat. Mid-morning coffee was taken at Kingston SE in a beauty salon* that had successfully diversified into supplying the local’s coffee. From then a fairly boring drive through the salt flats ... read more

Time is drawing nigh for the finish of our odyssey.We have booked our flights back on 30 Sept. and have another week to get back to Melbourne.This will give us a week catching up with family and doing a few other things that need to be done concerning the vehicles.We have had a pretty relaxed week in that we haven't done great distances and have had time to smell the roses-well wine bouquets actually.After leaving the Eyre Peninsula we crossed the Flinders range and made our way into the Clare valley where we had a couple of nights and visited several vineyards.Then on to Barossa where we did more gourmet visits including to Maggie Beer's Farm Shop for lunch and samples.Then on to Adelaide and a 3 night stay in a park in Mt Lofty Nat. ... read more