Blogs from South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 253

This track takes you through the Australian outback, passing through a few remote little villages/towns/suburbs whatever you want to call them... We stopped in one called Lyndhurst to say hello to this old man called Talc Alf. He uses this certain stone which when you rub it creates talcom powder to show everyone his philosophies and theories on a big black board. He's lived in this house in the middle of nowhere for 17 years and has come up with a theory that everything revolves around writing and certain words. He also had all these australian flags with the union jack part replaced by the aboriginal flag which I do actually agree with... It was so funny though when he would cough or sneeze as it would create this big cloud of talc...ahaha... Along the track ... read more

Introduction We took a day trip to Mount Gambier on Tuesday. Mount Gambier is a major regional centre, located roughly half way between Melbourne and Adelaide. It has a population of about 25,000. The major draw card for us was that this region had active volcanos about 4-5000 years ago with major activity about 20-30,000 years before that. The result was a gently undulating country side with rich dark soil (used for growing potatoes and harvestable forest), volcanic craters, caves and sink holes. The centre piece of Mount Gambier are volcanic craters that have filled with water from the aquifer. The largest is the Blue lake, that forms the town’s water supply. In summer it appears a stunning blue colour - apparently as the semi-dissolved calcium carbonate in the lake that came from the limestone layer, ... read more

Easter saw the SA Hiker family heading down to the South East of South Australia to a region known as the Limestone Coast. We spent two nights in Naracoorte and three in Robe. Thirty-five million years ago this region was at the bottom of the Southern Ocean. There are large flat areas in the landscape, and then ranges, which are the sand hills of old. Limestone deposits abound. If you look closely at the Limestone rock you can see fossils of sea creatures, shells and coral. The people of the South East are industrious - as their promotional material states - and limestone has been cut out and used as bricks for was housing. Our first place to visit was Lucindale, a small farming community, to attend the wedding celebrations of Sheldon and Stacey at Judy’s ... read more

I decided to leave Anne and Steve's for a short while and go to Kangaroo Island on a two day camping tour. It was a very early 6:20am start when a small group of us left the city heading down the Fleurieu Peninsula to Cape Jervis, where we then boarded a ferry to take us to Kangaroo Island. The journey was very rocky, with one lady falling into everyone ahaha... On our arrival the weather just kept getting better and better which was wonderful as back in Adelaide it had been quite dreary. We drove to Seal Bay where you can walk down onto the beach with a guide to where all the Australian Sea Lions are. These ones spend three solid days in the sea hunting for food, then 3 solid days sleeping and resting ... read more

Adelaide City, oh so pretty...it's like a country town, nothing like Melbourne or Sydney. Alot smaller and prettier :) I'm staying with friends up in the hills. Their house is beautiful surrounded by 10 acres of land...with sheep, dogs, cats, chickens...and 2 wonderful children who I've been playing 'heads down thumbs up' with :) The couple who I'm staying with have also put me on the insurance of their car, so I've had the freedom to drive and explore adelaide. They're so kind to do that for me... The first day with the car I was quite nervous, as I hadn't driven in ages and had only really just passed my test...and the car is an automatic which I'm not used to either! Anyway, it was raining for the first day so I drove lots of ... read more