Blogs from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Tomorrow our long awaited and much planned trip begins. So excited... read more

What a difference a day makes! After the really hot day yesterday we were a little surprised to wake up to a cloudy sky and a mere 20 degrees outside. In some ways it was a bit of a relief as it was a little too hot to do much yesterday. We didn’t have any set plans today, but thought we’d head over towards Murray Bridge. We ended up at Old Tailem Town, which had lots and lots of replica houses, garages, stores and churches e.t.c. which represent how people lived and worked over the past 100+ years. As we walked in the lady warned us that there were ‘loads of mozzies out there today’ – marvellous! Good job we are now used to the morning routine of sun screen and bug repellent! We wandered around ... read more

We took four days to drive home.. We headed off from Longreach on Wednesday, leaving about 8 am It was a sunny day, but crisp and we had no problems driving along. We started to listen to an audio version of Dracula which Sam had lent us. Fletcher had never read it and it was at least 25 years since I had. We only stopped to change drivers, get petrol and have some lunch at Tambo, where we found Fanny Mae's cafe and enjoyed a pie each and a large cup of good coffee. . We drove into Cunnamulla about 3-30 and easily found the Billabong Hotel Motel where we had booked for the night. It took a while, though, to find Reception and a friendly lady took me in the "back"way. After we had booked ... read more

After yesterday’s exertions we kept it nice and easy today and just wandered around Adelaide City. We started with breakfast with Meredith at the Market Street Cafe and then went into the Central Market for a quick look. We took the opportunity to stock up on some fruit to take with us tomorrow as we continue on our way to the Yorke Peninsula. As is usually the case with markets there was a huge array of delicious looking produce on offer but, as we are on the road, we were only able to buy a few items that will be consumed in the next couple of days. The market proved to be a very popular spot on a Saturday morning! After taking our produce back to Meredith’s, we headed out again to meet Cathy and Steve ... read more

Another big driving day today to make it all the way from Naracoorte to Adelaide. Only three and a half hours by the most direct route, but we spun it out to an all day affair by travelling across to Gulf St Vincent and then taking in some sights along the coastline. We drove straight up the Dukes Highway until we reached the turn off that would take us across the Murray River on the vehicular ferry at Wellington. After driving around the top of Lake Alexandrina, we stopped for a lunch at the Strath Corner Bakery at Strathalbyn. Arriving right on one o’clock we found the bakery incredibly busy but, fortunately, not sold out of luncheon items! We visited the Tourist Information Centre to enquire about the most scenic route to take us across to ... read more