Blogs from Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

The pictures will speak for themselves, but we have granite Island with the tram pulled by a Clydesdale, and the markets. We also have Smallville a miniature village complete with churches, mills, cricket field, etc. Well worth a visit. You can also have a meal at the tearooms; we had a very good Devonshire tea. A very pleasant morning. The Village is situated on Adelaide Rd, number 50, and is only 4.2Km from the city centre As recently as Monday the 29th Dec. a miniature railway was also opened at the village. It is still a work in progress. ... read more

Today we did a day trip to Aldinga Beach, a beautiful little town approximately 50 Km, north of Victor Harbor; we traveled via Willunga, another pleasant little place. it was really pleasant and reminded us of Broome, before Broome became too commercialized, you can take your car on the Beach, all is still very peaceful and mother nature has not been too damaged by men.- See photos- We stopped for Lunch at McLaren Vale and visited the Almonds Train- see photo- On the way back we stopped at the cheese factory “Alexandria Cheese factory”, some very nice cheese were on offer, but I am still partial to the Margaret River region cheeses in WA. As you can see from the photos, Puppy is our constant travel companion and seems to be enjoying the trip too! Tomorrow ... read more

We arrived on schedule on the 22nd December as planned. The road from Strathalbyn to Victor Harbor is incredible in more ways then one. It is almost like riding a camel, as well as been narrow, winding etc. We found this astonishing, the South Australian Government should really do something about this, at one point in the journey I was almost seasick, it also made me appreciate how good the roads are in Western Australia. The faster roads such as the Highways are much better of course, but when you follow a tourist drive you do not necessarily want to travel on motorways. Strathalbyn itself, as a town, did not appeal to us, it was open to hoons at night, and the motorbikes were the flavor of the night, talking to people at the caravan park, ... read more

Melbourne Cup Day November 4, 2008 It was a fine day in Victor Harbor. The weather was perfect and because it is the day of the Melbourne Cup (a bigger deal in Australia than the Kentucky Derby is in the U.S.) the town was filled with a festive atmosphere. We had heard that the whole country shuts down for the race, but if it does it’s to party all day. Last minute betting was going on everywhere we looked, the hotels were having fancy luncheons and the ladies were decked out in race day finery despite the fact that they were 600 kilometers from Melbourne. The excitement was certainly contagious and although we didn’t bet we did partake in eating the street vendor food and people watching. We were going to bet on the horse “Efficient” ... read more

Today we started our Kangaroo Island tour. Our first stop was Victor Harbor, a famous spot in South Australia for surfing and partying! We went to Middleton beach and got changed into our wetsuits- always exciting! However not always flattering! We then got given our surf boards and went for a warm up jog and stretches on the sand. We had some training on how to surf and practised the technique on our boards on the sand. We also learnt a bit about rips so that we could recognise them and what to do if we got caught in one. Then it was time to hit the water- we were so excited. Me and Laura tried to stay together but after she winded me with her surf board we thought it best to spread out ... read more