Blogs from Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Thursday 18th Instead of rushing out and about today, we have stopped to enjoy the location where we are camping. There was an interesting sunrise this morning, and the softer colours brought back the old saying 'Red sky in the morning - shepherds warning. A couple of hours later and we had a few showers along with the cold wind. By lunch time the sky showed more blue, temperatures warmed and the rain stopped. So we went walk about in Edithburgh. We have noticed that these old port towns have one thing in common - the main street runs down to the jetty. Historic photos of Edithburgh show that with the old salt processing factory on the right just before the jetty, and accommodation on the left including the local pub. The old factories have gone, ... read more

The wheels are rolling again. Well after a few delays caused by events beyond our control – Geoff’s infected tooth and Marg’s onset of a case of Shingles; we finally made a bolt for it on May 1st. Our first day was a bit windy, but the new anti-sway bar (designed to stop the van fish-tailing worked a treat.) The first stage of this trip is purely a transit stage so we pushed on and got to Dimboola. No, we did not see Muriel, but we did see all her mates out on the road-works that have been a feature of the journey so far. We pulled into an overnight stop and cracked a beer; end of day one, or so we thought! After dinner it started to rain, not too heavily, but rain nevertheless. We ... read more