Blogs from Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 5

Arriving in Perth was a sweet moment: for 10 years we had been telling Grady’s family in Perth that we would visit on our Trip and now here we were. The reunion for Grady however, was short as he was flying out the next day to work back East (thanks Pete). The timing was excellent because a friend had offered work to Grades and as soon as he had committed to go, he had a phone call from a quoted job wanting a start. This meant that Grady had two jobs to fly back for and hopefully would return with more cash for the trip home. It also meant that he was away from us for a month. For the next 8 weeks we stayed in Perth with Grady’s Auntie and Uncle. They were kind enough ... read more

Day 240 - Surfleet Cove, Lincoln National Park We woke up to yet another beautiful morning totally gorgeous and what a view we’ve got from our little caravan window. We’re still alone here at Surfleet Cove, it’s hard to believe it really but we don’t mind one little bit. Just us, the Galahs and those naughty roos! There are so many bush walks within the National Park that we’re totally spoilt for choice. We’ve picked an easy one for today in conjunction with exploring the rest of the campsites. It looks like it’s going to be a lovely warm day so that spurs us to get out and about early. We head down to Taylors Landing initially, one of the more popular camp spots with fishermen because of the boat ramp. It’s pretty early when we ... read more

Day 238 - Elliston to Lincoln National Park (Memory Cove Wilderness Park) As normal, we don’t hang around this morning. We were up pretty early and on our way before most other people were even awake! As we drove out of the caravan park we come across an unfortunate sight, a boat in the middle of the road. Not a good look and the chaps trying to pull it back onto it’s trailer didn’t look too chuffed either as the fibreglass marks on the bitumen told a sorry tale. The journey down to Port Lincoln took a couple of hours. Travelling on a Sunday meant that the roads were really quiet and when we arrived we had no trouble parking up outside the visitor information place. I had eventually phoned them yesterday about the state of ... read more

After spending a fortnight in 40 plus degs in outback SA, we were relieved to revisit the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula and spend a week with Jane and Steve. Most days were a lot cooler with the exception of one. Steve, who had just left Aberdeen at the beginning of a Scottish winter, was welcomed into Adelaide with its highest ever recorded temperature (43 deg)! Needless to say he found it a little unpleasant! Even Jane, who had flown down from Brisbane, was seeking solace from the heat and had resorted to storing her dresses in the fridge!!! By this point we also started taking pity on the Woodster and after we finally agreed that neither the health authorities or the RSPCA would be happy if we stored him in the fridge we decided to give him ... read more

Hi again, We are tonight somewhere between Port Augusta and Port Lincoln in South Australia, its very deserty looking. We are staying at a free camping spot that is quite near the Army training area, which seems to be huge. The last 3 nights we stayed in Adelaide at a caravan park on the ocean at Semaphore (spelled something like that, oh and please forgive my spelling, I am usually in a rush and this site does not put red lines under words spelled wrong, nor does it have spell check). Adelaide was quite nice very historic with old sandstone buildings and houses, and beautiful little historic suburbs/towns in the Adelaide hills which look very Englishy. The caravan park was quite nice, there were little bunnies running around of different colours there was black ones, white ... read more