Blogs from Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Eleven more days until we head off to Canada and the United States, just making sure that this is all working okay so that we can share our trip with family and friends while we are away.... read more

Geo: -32.1261, 133.675Todays Challenge - To spot the elusive Nullarbor Tree (carried over from Day 17)Up at 6.00am we have had a good sleep but decide to leave a little later as the sun is right in our eyes. They say never drive the Nullarbor from East to West because of the setting sun but Rod thinks it is much worse from West to East (depends if you are an early riser). We will have to leave one hour later each morning.We depart at 7.45 and the odometer trip meter ticks over to 7000 km just outside of Madura. We are getting hungry having missed breakfast so we pull into the Mundarabilla Roadhouse and order a bacon and egg roll. It was very tasty and far better than the egg and bacon McMuffins at McDonalds. There ... read more

Geo: -32.1261, 133.675Today's Challenge - To abide by the mandatory Nullarbor protocol of the one finger steering wheel wave.Depart Ceduna at 7.00am being first light. With some anticipation we are not sure what we have gotten ourselves into today.Arrive at the first town on the Nullarbor; Penong. It is big enough to justify a 60kph speed limit, but not big enough for a Chinese restaurant. Their biggest industry seems to be windmill blowing. We pass the last shop for 1,000 km.Getting windy. Sit up straighter as though this will balance the car better.As we pass through Nundoo, we decide not to stay here on our return. The odometer hits 3000 km. just outside of Yalata. Deb spots a huge eagle sitting on the side of the road. We start to wonder why everybody says this is ... read more

Hi Guys, We come to you today from the lovely Venus Bay South Australia. We have been here since last Wednesday. Fortunately the weather has been a lot kinder than what you have copped in Vic. We were on the tail end of the cloud mass and received very little rain although it was blowing a gale for three days. The weather for the next week is fine,fine and fine high 20's each day. We have been making good use of the communal boat (thanks guys)and fishing regularly with Deb bagging her first whiting.We also had a great session at Mt. Camel beach on the salmon. We depart here Wednesday for Baird Bay not much futher down the coast. There is a Sea Lion colony within easy reach with the little boat and also a resident ... read more

On leaving Elliston we headed north to the historic town of Colton, an old pioneer town complete with a hotel, church, school and cemetery, all only empty buildings today except for the schoolhouse. The cemetery is the burial site of the first Greek settler to SA, George Tramountanas, who arrived in SA in 1822 at the age of 20. One thing not to be missed in Colton is the Bakery !!!! Call in when you see the open sign to purchase wood fired bread via a self serve Shop (shelter) and an honesty pay system. Bread and buns are baked in the wood fired oven bakehouse next to the old Colton school, now a private residence. Trish and I brought a beautiful cob loaf and a pack of 4 sweet sticky buns. Everything was $3.50 each/pack. ... read more