Blogs from Gawler, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Monday 3rd – Sunday 9th April, 2023 We are trying to make this enforced stop in Gawler a positive one, just part of out whole trip and adventure. We have often said that we should settle in one spot for a while and get to know the area rather than moving on regularly as we have been doing. To this end we try to organize activities to do and see as much as we can in a day rather than just letting things happen. On Monday we met up with Judy’s cousin Kathy and husband Harald for lunch at a nearby hotel. We were joined by another cousin, Fred, who Judy hadn’t seen since she was 12 years old, and his partner. Good food and good conversation was had. Tuesday was our cycling day and ... read more

Day 3 Nulla to Gawler Two apex predators from the outback go head-to-head in a battle of strength! This morning started off with something unusual - we had a wild dingo sniffing around our camp. Cautious but not fearful, the dingo checked out Chris and myself as we ate breakfast, then it trotted in between our two cars, grabbed one of Norelle's Crocs (which were just outside her van), then turned and bolted out of the park, only to drop her shoe just outside the park's fenceline. It seems that even a starving wild dingo could not take the taste of that shoe - so much so that he then thought a better idea for breakfast would be to dig up a section of plastic retic pipe and chew on that. Ultimately, although the dingo put ... read more

...well, back in Gawler after 52 hours on the Ghan travelling the 3,000 ks from darwin to Adelaide. What a great experience. Food and company was terrific. Spent the last 2 days in Darwin at the Casino pampering ourselves....very nice. The train stopped for 4 hours in Katherine and Alice Springs to let passengers do the 'tourist thing'. We just bummed around in Katherine but we went camel riding in Alice.....and it was really good fun. It was a pleasant 21 degrees, sunny and zero flies. Food on the Ghan was fantastic....but far too much for us. 3 courses every meal.....plus morning tea (today). Sleeping was fun in our bunk beds but it was all good. Last day tomorrow with the run to Paky. Our friend met us at Darwin raliway station and gave us 300 ... read more

Hi guys, its Jane and Rus here and we just wanted to tell you that were going round Australia in our camper with our family and we are going to blog all of our adventures right here! In our family there are Jac (mum), Rus (dad), Jane, Matt and Ben (kids). On our trip we are going to see the crocs and the dolphins, were going to climb Ayers rock and staying underground in a hotel, participating in a beanie festival and doing LOTS of fishing!!!! Below is our itinery. We will blog every 3-4 days with all our adventures from the different locations along with some pictures. With Love, Rus and Jane. Woomera-473 Coober Pedy-375 Curtain springs-600 Alice springs-349 Devils marbles-406 Kakadu-Gunlom-315 -Jim jim-95 Darwin-259 Katherine-320 Kununurra-512 Bungles bungles-320 Ellendale rest area-580 Broome-310 80 mile ... read more