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Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Loxton April 5th 2020

Here I am, in the middle of a pandemic, like the rest of the world. Found this portal, and was thinking?! Why not try it out. One thing that I like to do, when a lot is going on, is to write, it helps me to process (realized when I had started up this whole thing that I will be writing in English, Yikes!! I'll try my best:) On Friday this week, I decided to try something new, it's called: Workaway. It's exactly what the name describes: working away from home. So what I do is, I work for food and accomondation on a farm, in the outback of South Australia. I should add that I have been in South Australia for a month now, and in Australia for five months. All safe and sound, so ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Loxton May 30th 2015

Directly opposite the caravan park in Ouyen is a train line … a very busy train line, especially on a Friday night. We suspect they were doing a lot of shunting backwards and forwards loading grain carriages. Then early Saturday morning more train noises. This challenged our belief that trains no longer operate in much of rural Australia. Maybe this only applies to SA. This together with the noisy bikie, who made regular trips around the caravan park, made for quite a noisy evening. Thank goodness all was quiet by bedtime. Our next stop was Loxton via Pinnaroo. Our GPS was not keen on this idea directing us to Pinnaroo then back to Ouyen, up to Mildura then down to Loxton. Suspend navigation was the only option … besides we really did know the way and ... read more
Such a difficult choice, but you can do it, Greg
The Pinnaroo Hotel – looking good
The busy main drag in Pinnaroo




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