Blogs from Waikerie, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Waikerie April 6th 2020

Hello from the other side! I guess I can call myself a farmer from now on, or at leat a person that is trying to be a farmer. I want to learn everything that's possible to learn AND I want to be able to use this knowledge in the future. I am hoping to have my own garden one day (since I like to take care of things it seems reasonable). So far, at the farm I have seen the zucchini grow, it grows so quick. I would be happy if I just had one zucchini plant in the future because from one day to another it's possible to harvest. It is so satisfying to pick them, a perfectly grown zucchini, that will travel to someones home and be a part of or in the center ... read more

West to Waikerie

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Waikerie October 12th 2014

Big Lizzie and me

MargAndRob

The journey of the Murray River has been following the river flow in a westerly direction with the water in NSW being sold to Victorian Farmers. The journey continues through Waikerie to Morgan where the river turns south towards Adelaide, or more correctly Murray Bridge, and finally the ocean. But now we are entirely in South Australia until we get to the Nullarbor on route to Perth. Our Journey from Morgan will take us into the Flinders Ranges, rather than follow the Murray South to areas that we have visited on our last trip around Australia. Before we headed west from Mildura, we drove south to one of the satellite settlements called Red Cliffs where an interesting piece of history is housed. Big Lizzie was built as an almighty powerful machine to clear forested areas for ... read more

DAY 2 Ouyen to Waikerie

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Waikerie August 16th 2011

Cellulleraine sports ground

AUSSIEMAC11

Ouyen to Waikerie 489km to 800 km. Stops at Cullulleraine sports ground, the border, Renmark and closed BIG Orange at Berri. New to this so some teething problems may be some double ups of photos? CADES DIARY We left the caravan park in the morning and set off to South Australia. After about one minute driving we got breathalised. One hour and a half later we stopped at some football fields to have a break. I kicked the football and threw my boomerang. Finally we arrived at Waikerie. There was not much to do but ride the bikes.... read more

Brief history of Australia

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name...more history

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