Kimba 2
8. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
‘Quick’ stop for coffee… but then a look in Workshop26, setup in what was the John Deer dealership… country resilience!
Port Augusta 2
8. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Waypoint … Refuel and heading for Burra.
Wilmington
8. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Waypoint
Melrose
8. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Coffee … Melrose is the ‘oldest town in the Flinders Ranges’ after being officially named by Edward John Eyre in 1840.
Murray town
8. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Interesting little place… they parked a plane just over the road from the pub… convenient!
Wirrabarra
8. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Amazing silo art
Burra
8. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Burra is an historic copper mining town (from about 1845) about 160km north of Adelaide. We came to visit family but the town is really worth anyone visiting - so many old buildings. Had a greatWeiterlesen
Burra 2
9. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Burra, calls itself 'An Historic Copper Town and the Merino Capital of the World'. It did not become an official entity until 1940 when the tiny, separate mining communities of Aberdeen, New Aberdeen,Weiterlesen
Eudunda
9. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
A quick stop for lunch and a cup of tea. Historic German settlement known as 'Valley of Hidden Treasures' and famous as the birthplace of author Colin Thiele (Storm Boy etc)
Lovely park to sit andWeiterlesen
Hahndorf
9. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
A long drive through the Barossa valley and Adelaide Hills wine regions. Really picked up the traffic and people - many more than we have seen in a week.
A bit of dinner with a German flavour at theWeiterlesen
Hahndorf - the stables
10. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Accommodation for the two nights in Hahndorf. Erected in the 1860’s and now very comfortable lodgings. We were upgraded to a spa room !
Heysen the Cedars
10. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Wonderful tour of the house and studio after obligatory morning tea. So good seeing where many of Hans Heysen’s pictures were created complete with preparatory drawings along with stories of theWeiterlesen
Hahndorf 3
10. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Dinner at the German Spoon in Hahndorf after our day at the Cedars and driving past Sophie from Gardening Australia’s property.
Sunday morning coffee at the ‘same but different’ cafe, thenWeiterlesen
Victor Harbor Beachfront Holiday park
11. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Booked into the park and taking a walk in Victor Harbor…see granite island post.
Dinner at a great Italian restaurant Ninos. Pizza and wonderful coffee.
Granite island
11. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
The place to see across the causeway from the waterfront. Wonderful old horse drawn tram plies this route. Good views from all round this Little Rock and to the south and east blue water to theWeiterlesen
Victor harbor 2
12. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Gill’s now favourite place - Nino’s - great gluten-free pizza bases and terrific coffee ☕️ . Started the day with coffee here - now off to Wellington for a ferry ride across the Murray then onWeiterlesen
Wellington
12. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The ferry across the Murray river… this is free (!!) and runs 24hr a day. Amazing!
Nothing much else there … I imagined a town but it’s really now just the ferry. Must have been bigger once toWeiterlesen
Meningie - on the lake
12. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Lunch! Busy place, lots of choices.
Kingston
12. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Just passing through .., enjoying the sights.
Attractive fishing and lobster port on the South Australian South Coast
Robe
12. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Robetown Motor Inn for the night tonight. There looks to be lots of historic buildings in town.
Back at the motel, after a swim in the heated indoor pool, we cooked our prepared Thai chicken andWeiterlesen
Robe 2
13. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Up for coffee and the trip to Port Fairy …. Yes back into Victoria
Mt. Gambier
13. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Lunch and fuel up.
Lunch in the Bay Blue - over the road from the old courthouse.
The border …..
13. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Victoria again…
Port Fairy
13. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Last night on the road…
Finally able to have a drink at the oldest licensed pub in Victoria. It’s steak night as well so should be an enjoyable meal.
Port Fairy 2
14. August 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Breakfast at a cafe on the final day.. great coffee. I managed to get back into Victoria with some Fritz and a couple of Auntie Lydia’s (Nanna Lyd to the whole of Wudinna) Anzac biscuits!

































































































