Blogs from Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Naracoorte was formed from the merger of two towns, Kincraig, founded in 1845 by Scottish explorer William Macintosh, and Narracoorte, established as a government settlement in 1847. The name has gone through a number of spellings, and is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal words for place of running water or large waterhole. Naracoorte has historically been a service centre for the sheep, cattle and wheat farming industries in the surrounding area. In recent decades, tourism has become a major industry due to the town's proximity to several wine regions and internationally recognised natural features. The World Heritage listed Naracoorte Caves and the Ramsar listed Bool Lagoon are located near the town. Our first destination to explore was Naracoorte Caves, where we joined a guided tour of the Victoria Cave, which has and continues to ... read more

Thanks to the global pandemic it is 927 days (2 years, 6 months, 1 week and 5 days) since we last posted! And ... it is nearly eight months since Bernie retired. His ‘celebrating retirement’ holiday has been planned, scaled back, re-planned and rescheduled multiple times but, finally, we have left Melbourne and indeed Victoria behind us and we are in South Australia. This morning we packed the MU-X and set out for Horsham where we had arranged to meet up with our travelling companions, Cathy and Steve. It was quite grey in Melbourne and when we reached West Ballan for our first stretch break it started to drizzle. We continued in drizzle and rain and when we stopped in Stawell we had to stick to the shop verandahs to stay dry as we stretched our ... read more

Ciao ragazzi in questi giorni siamo andati in un posto meraviglioso! Una caverna che si chiama NARACOORTE CAVES. http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/naracoorte/Home Quando siamo arrivati faceva molto caldo.Ci siamo messi a sedere su una panchina e abbiamo mangiato un panino buonissimo. La caverna era lunga 5km, ma noi abbiamo visitato un pezzo piccolo. Dentro la caverna faceva molto fresco per fortuna! La cosa più interessante erano i due scheletri di marsupi estinti trovati nella caverna. Una cosa mi faceva molto paura erano i canguri giganti con la testa da koala (Procoptodon goliah) e esistevano da vero! Esisteva anche un wombat gigantesco (Diprotodon australis) come un elefante. http://www.abc.net.au... read more

Day 254 - Halls Gap (Victoria) to Naracoorte (South Australia) Ever been woken up by an alarm that you’ve forgotten the reason for setting so switch it off? That’s what happened to me this morning at 6am but luckily Dar was awake enough and had remembered our promise of a walk with Zoe and Ken! We did a quick pack away in the caravan while the kids were coming to terms with the early morning, bless Simone for reassuring Ken that he did want to wake up and it wasn’t too early for a walk. She was sure that he would regret it if he didn’t come. Simone had packed the kids rucksacks the previous night for them and was now talking them through the various items such as a banana for a snack, plenty of ... read more

Travel Itinerary Naracoorte to London ... read more