Hi travel followers. Time for the latest update on our retirement adventures. For the last 4 days we have set up camp at the Yulara Desert Resort campgrounds and been touring the area trying to take in everything we can including Uluru (Ayres Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olga's). First up while the weather was good we decided to climb the rock to the top. What views are to be had from up there and I must say it was one fantastic experience. Lyn also made it with lots of encouragement and coaching. That afternoon we took a 3hr sunset camel ride/tour through the desert which took in the rock and sunset over the desert. Again another fantastic experience that will stay with us forever. Day two and we headed towards Kata Tjuta (the Olga's) and ... read more

Hi travel lovers. Just thought I would keep you up to date on our adventure. We are now in Woomera (Australia's missile testing town) and I can see why it is used for missile testing. I.e. Even if something went wrong with a test, you wouldn't hit or damage anything as it is just wide open flat desolate country for literally hundreds of kilometres. The closest town which we have taken a side trip to is Roxby Downs and the Olympic Dam Mine Site. Roxby Downs is basically a town that was specifically built to house the workers for the mine which is apparently one of the biggest uranium mines in the world, not to mention the copper, silver and gold etc. Thirty odd kilometres further on is Andamooka who's claim to fame is Opal mining ... read more

Hi blog followers. This is part two of a three part blog of our latest adventures over the last couple of weeks. From Hawker we moved on further inland to Rawnsley Park Station which is just at the bottom of Wilpena Pound. What a great park it is with excellent facilities and a really good atmosphere about it and they haven't gone overboard with the captive audience and prices. The only slight drawback was there was limited Mobile coverage. I.e. We had to go to the camp kitchen to get a good "Telstra" signal. Bad luck for anyone who was connected to any other service providers as none of them have had service in hundreds of kilometres. The funny thing was, we got 100% signal when we went for the 11.5km walk up to Rawnsley's Bluff. ... read more

Hi travel lovers. I figured it was time for a travel update since it has been some time. We spent a couple of weeks in Adelaide checking out all the local sites in and around the city and surrounding country side. Included was a quick 4 day trip to the Gold Coast (Mullumbimby) to celebrate my sisters (Isabelle) 60th birthday and brother inlaw (Darren) 50th birthday. A great time and congratulations to you both. Included in the Adelaide adventure was trips into the Adelaide Hills to see Mt Lofty, Bridgewater (Bridgewater Mill and water wheel), Hahndorf (German Village), Lobethal, Gumeracha (giant rocking horse) and then the Gorge Wildlife park before heading back to Adelaide. On leaving Adelaide we headed for Clare (another wine district - Riesling) to spend a couple of days checking out the surrounding ... read more

Hi travel followers. Time for our latest update. Given Adelaide appears to be a very cycle friendly city and the weather has been extremely kind to us, yesterday we decided hit the bike ways and head into the city to do some exploring. We worked out it is roughly 32kms round trip from our park along the beach bikeway to the Torrens River entrance and bridge and then following the north side river cycle trail right into Adelaide Oval and the city without crossing a single road. What an excellent ride and day it was. A beautiful city to tour including the Mall and Central Markets and checking out the new Adelaide Oval. Etc. We have holidayed in Adelaide before, but that was some time ago and there have been huge changes "for the good" since. ... read more