Blogs from Robe, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Tonight we are camped just outside of Robe in SA. I can't say what its like yet, as we won't go there till tomorrow, I'll keep you posted. Well where was I up to, I think my last blog was from Halls Gap which was really beautiful. We went on a few walks to see some waterfalls, which was great as they haven't run in awhile, but most of western Victoria seems to have been getting regular rain lately, just not enough to fill dams yet. We went to Boroka look out and to the car park up top of Mount William but as seen in the picture the view was only fog and low clouds, so we didn't get to see the spectacular views promised in the brochure! Oh well just means we will have ... read more

Entry by Jules Sunday 21/12/08 We left Robe bright and early on Sunday morning as we knew we had plenty of sights to see that day, en route to the start of the Great Ocean Road. One sight I have been hoping on encountering all the trip is a Wombat and we did manage to see one beside the road out of Robe. No, it wasn't road kill, but it wasn't alive either; just a road sign unfortunately. As wombats are nocturnal it was unlikely that I would get to see one in the wild. We made a brief stop at Beachport, a lovely seaside town with an extremely long pier. We strolled along to the end and back again before chatting to a local fishermen about his catch so far that day; he was after ... read more

28/11/08 = Chainsaw Massacre Camp Woke up early to sound of rain :( Stressing a little about another council man, but was only 6 and last guy came at 7:15, so guessing they start at 7. Tried to snooze a little longer, but then made myself get up before 7 just in case. So hard to get out of bed because so cold. No toilets near us here, so got changed and drove straight off to petrol station to get washed. Must have looked (and probably smelled awful) when tipped up at petrol station. Scuttled straight into toilets for victorian wash. Hair awful because now third morning - definately needed washing. Decided we were going to drive straight to next town, book straight into a campsite and get straight in shower - that's a lot of ... read more

G'day mate, After all the tasting in the Barossa valley, we didn't get on the road until after lunchtime. We drove for what seemed like weeks on this road, to get to the town of Robe, which was meant to be quite quaint and old fashioned. The roads are long with just dry, almost desert land either side of you, they just go on and on. There's just nothing. Ocassionaly you would see a kangaroo sign (or a dead one), or koala or possom sign even, but thats about ti they just have so much space. After 6 hours we arrived in Robe. It was pretty with our campsite write next to a lake. It was late so we just cooked up some pasta on our stove. we are getting quite used to our camper now, ... read more

After dragging the boys through all the touristy shops in Hahndorf we ate lunch at the German Arms Hotel. We were brought a feast of Bratwurst, Kransky,Weisswurst sausages, saurkraut and Rhine potatoes,washed down with stein of german beer. A ridiculous amount of food and we were stuffed. I went for an hours run that night to work it off. The next two nights were spent at Little Dip Conservation Park. Where the beaches were very rocky but they were a very aqua blue colour. Still we caught no fish not that it was a surprise. About 500m walk from where we camped were large limestone cliffs that the ocean crashed into. We also went into the closest town called Robe it was very much like Bussleton, the beaches were the same to. Then After packing up ... read more