Blogs from Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

We are on our return. Just one night at Murray Bridge and we’re home. Another great trip done and dusted!... read more

Leaving Mt Gambier we continued our journey through the limestone coast, through small towns like Millicent who's identity grew when pine plantations were established in the ranges back in the late 1800,s. needless to say pulp and paper mill industries led to a population boom in the late 60,s. and Kimberley-Clark remains the largest employer in the district. Driving through the town it is signposted to visit the Woakwine range wind farm tourist drive, the largest wind farm development in the southern hemisphere, we decided against this and continued on our journey. We stopped off at Southend, which is located on the Rivoli Bay, and is the gateway to Canunda National Park, mum was born in Southend in Scotland and we thought it would be nice to visit. similar scenery but caravan park very busy and ... read more

After a very warm night we set of to explore the local area. We rode straight up to Mannum along some beautiful roads right along the river. The scenery looked incredibly dry but the fields irrigated with Murray water looked green and lush. Its been a real surprise to us on this trip to see how far the water is pumped from the river to supply water to communities. Often we will be riding along a road and there would be a pipe 1 metre in diameter following the road or cutting across the land in the distance, simply incredible. We had a good look at the tourist info/museum at Mannum, well worth the time spent there. Walkers Flat was our next stop. A quaint little village and not a banjo in sight, but I did ... read more

Pildappa Rock(P) to Murray Bridge(M) with stop half way across Australia at Kimba(K)(18077 km to 18751 km) CADES DIARY Kimba half way across Australia Murray Bridge - camped next to the Murray River and played mini-golf... read more

We are officially on our way home now. Tonight we are staying at Murray Bridge in South Australia after a big drive down from Roxby Downs, which is a mining town where they mine Copper, Uranium, Gold & Silver. Our Dad’s cousin Leah lives there. We went to a small Opal mining town called Andamooka for lunch on Sunday with Leah, her husband Scott & their son Brody. He is 15 months old. On Friday night we stayed at Coward Springs. It used to be a station on the Ghan Railway but now it is a campground with a natural spa that we got in with Dad. The water comes up from an underground bore & is really warm. On Wednesday & Thursday night we stayed at Coober Pedy. This is an old Opal mining town ... read more