Blogs from South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 254

Introduction This week it was my turn to choose the location - and I chose a bushwalk at Anstey Hill Recreation Park. We used George Driscoll's walk number 13 as a guide (page 32) as although we have visited Anstey Hill before, we had not been on these particular tracks. The park is located at the end of Grand Junction Road between North East Road and Lower North East Road. For this walk you need to go to the eastern side of the park - take LNE road and turn a sharp right on to Range Road South and pull up at gate 18. The walk is suitable for young and old. The paths are wide and clear (which is a relief after losing the trail last week) - but there are some steep sections that ... read more

22 Mar - Adelaide for the last time this trip We were welcomed by our gracious Adelaide host family (Frank, Francis & Liam) once again. Today Leanne went to pick up the car from the repair depot and I took the day to scoot back to Sydney very briefly to carefully consider some important work and career affecting decisions in a brief meeting with my department manager. (News of future developments will be forthcoming as events unfold). Back in Adelaide, it was appropriate for us to cook the Andrews family dinner after they fostered two transient travellers and stored the entire contents of our car in their back room for two weeks. Frank and Francis, we cannot thank you guys enough! Thursday 23-Mar, we re-packed the car with all of our gear and headed for the ... read more

After a lot of indecision I have finally chosen the destination of my next adventure. I chose this region of the world for a number of reasons the first being the shining review it got from Arthur a Melbourne lad I met in Cappadocia (Turkey) a few years ago. The second because war is a disaster when it comes to preserving a nations historical sites (Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq showed the world this) and this region is likely to become even more of a hotspot in the months to come, so I wanted to get in before the American or Israeli bombs. In seven weeks I plan to experience the best the Persian Gulf has to offer visiting UAE, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and ofcourse Iran. Saudi is out as it is the most difficult ... read more

What a weekend!! Just got back from a 4wd tour of the Flinders Ranges. Amazing place and the tour was brilliant - saw so much. It all started on Friday night when i caught the bus from Adelaide up to Port Augusta (The Crossroads of Australia apparently - all the outback towns use it for supplies and such). There i was told to look out for a white 4WD and a black cowboy hat, and sure enough there he was, Paul Keen my tour guide. Absolute typical Aussie bush man!! Didn't get into Port Augusta till pretty late so me and my two companions on the tour, a Dutch woman called Hellete and her son Peter, headed straight for the hostel. The Andu Lodge - not bad as far as hostels go. Next day we had ... read more

Well, I finally crossed a state border... crossing the ACT/NSW one doesnt count when u LIVE on the border. And going to Victoria just doesnt count... well, I dont think so anyway! lol! So anyway, after sleeping in and having my brother in law drive back to his place to call me so that i'd wake up and get ready, we finally hit the canberra airport and i still had plenty of time. I managed to get myself towards the back of the plane... but as close to the front i could get (i love being near the front of the plane!) I went with Qantas on the really early morning fligth and it was great.. i watched a small documentaries on penguins and then a weird show on how this kid loved aussie rules (wat ... read more