Blogs from South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 266

Hi! Sorry everyone - getting a bit behind on the blog and only 4 mins till t'internet runs out but will update soon! Currently in Coober Pedy, halfway between Adelaide and Alice Springs! We drove up here in our camper van (Morrison hee hee) today and arrived in time to buy some opals and look at the crazy underground houses (it's about 50C here in summer) and see the Mad Max props left over from when they filmed it here and have a bbq. sweet. Uluru tomorrow!... read more

We woke up freezing: note to self: don't park near water! It was a gorgeous view out over the ocean though - certainly not something you get everyday! We could hear the waves during the night as well and the fact we were parked on a slope pointing towards it worried me considerably more than the boys. Guess what - the engine didn't start again. Luckily we had phone reception so we phoned roadside assistance again. Despite trying it again after 30 mins, when the guy arrived after an hour, it started with no problems. Typical. We coasted into the depot in Adelaide with no more problems. The delay did mean that we decided not to go on a paddle steamer on the Murray River an hour east of Adelaide though which is a shame - ... read more

Well this is the first of my journal entrys. So i suppose i should tell everyone what is happening. In 1 week from now i will be heading overseas on my first big ADVENTURE!! So there is currently mass amounts of preperation to be done. Right now im currrently packing all the crap i need, not sure what to take but everyone has said that i can buy what i dont take so im not to fussed. My first destination is Lexington, Kentucky where as most people know i will be meeting up with my "nerdy" friends for a 13 week holiday. My mum is still worried that im goin to some how get mixed up with some crazy people and be shot or something but for all you people out there, i will be fine! ... read more

This walk is near Tanunda. We have done it at least 3 times now and enjoy it very much. Our favourite approach is to drive up Rifle Range road (which is absolutely magnificent) and enter the park on the nothern corner. We then start the walk on the Heysen trail which goes through private property for a little way before entering the park. At the junction, continue down the Heysen trail until you get to the lookout turn-off. We take this 20 minute detour to the lookout and usually have lunch there. We then continue along the Heysen trail along the pine forest and reenter the park at the end of the forest. There is a loop track (stringbark and wallowa) that go through the park. Take it and traverse many creeks, Wallowa bushland and grassland. ... read more

Melbourne turned out to be our break from travelling - we rented a studio apartment and spent a lot of time watching dodgy Australian TV and generally chilling out. We didn't manage to anything very touristy there - we went to the Immigration Museum which was over-run with small children so we didn't stay long, and to the Aussie Rules footie museum, which turned out to be mostly for local fanatics of the game and didn't have anything about the history of the game or how it's played... we didn't stay long there either... One good thing we did in Melbourne was meet up with Graeme's friend Mark, a kiwi who played rugby at Irvine a few years back. It was great to see him and his girlfriend Chris and we spent a couple of evenings ... read more