West & back

April - July 2023

The first major trip in our caravan. To northern WA and back Read more

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- Apr 14, 2023
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 281 m
- Australia Victoria Indigo Yackandandah -36.314419, 146.84123236°18’52” S 146°50’28” E
Day 1
Leaving Canberra
April 14, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Traveler Arrived at 6:30pm and set up in the dark. Yackandandah caravan park is in a lush green hollow surrounded by Yackandandah Creek & Commissioners Creek.
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- Apr 15, 2023, 7:47am
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 283 m
- Australia Victoria Indigo Yackandandah -36.315608, 146.84173736°18’56” S 146°50’30” E
Day 2
Yack day 2
April 15, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Today is Nanna’s 100th birthday. Celebrating at Westmont Aged Care. Gumtree Pies was a must visit (9/10 from us for the steak & red wine; 8/10 for the mince steak). Dinner at the Star Hotel in Yack with my immediate family (Sister & fam; mum & dad) plus extended family (Annette & Rex; Clyde & Evelyn). Brisket burnt ends was tasty.Read more
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- Apr 16, 2023, 12:39pm
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitude: 283 m
- Australia Victoria Indigo Yackandandah -36.315645, 146.84170536°18’56” S 146°50’30” E
Day 3
Yackandandah Day 3
April 16, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
After a night of rain we woke to a lake of water outside the front step of our caravan. Made my first coffee using my Italian coffee maker and hand grinder. Met Corinne’s cousin (Megan) & aunty & uncle (Helen & Colin) at Gumtree Pies for coffee & a pie (steak & red wine: 8/10). Wandered Yackandandah street. Moved the caravan to higher ground & the kids played cricket with some other caravan park kids. Dinner was a bbq at Megan’s (lovely meal & catchup).Read more
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- Apr 17, 2023
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 117 m
- Australia New South Wales Murray Shire Moama Bower Bend -36.128047, 144.77134836°7’41” S 144°46’17” E
Day 4
Yack to Echuca
April 17, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
230km trip from Yackandandah to Echuca. Lovely sunny day for driving. Stopped for lunch at the Criterion Hotel in Yarrawonga. Pulled up at Rich River Tourist Park just before 4pm. Cute and very neat place near the Murray River. Shorts n tee weather which was great. Wandered down near the paddle steamers in the evening.Read more
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- Apr 18, 2023, 9:54am
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 112 m
- Australia New South Wales Murray Shire Moama Horseshoe Lagoon -36.118889, 144.74665836°7’8” S 144°44’48” E
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Day 5
Echuca
April 18, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Began the day with a morning jog along the Murray with Sid (on non-travel days we’ll try to keep a routine of running a km or two at least).

Then did a river cruise on the PS Canberra which I’d highly recommend- we got a bit of history, saw the collection of original paddle steamers, saw the steam engine functioning & the kids got to steer the boat.

Afterwards we wandered the historic street, Corinne & the kids had a carriage ride, then we had lunch at The Shamrock Hotel which had 101 parmas (so hard to choose!). I settled for the nacho parma which was 😋

We followed that with a look around the Echuca Wharf then headed back to the caravan to prep for an early rise in the morning. Off to Walpeup!Read more
Fit after that boys. [Mum&Dad]
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Lovely picture, like the tree in the background lovely markings. 😘 [Mum]
8/28/23Reply
Nice boat very well kept. [Mum&Dad]
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- Apr 19, 2023, 11:04am
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 102 m
- Australia Victoria Mildura Shire Walpeup -35.135696, 142.02504735°8’9” S 142°1’30” E
Day 6
Echuca - Swan Hill - Walpeup
April 19, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Grabbed a coffee in Echuca and left town early heading towards Swan Hill.

Made an impromptu stop at Lake Boga after we saw there was a museum called ‘Home of the Catalina’ (one of Sid’s favourite aircraft) the kids had fun dressing up in airforce gear and posing for photos as well as exploring the communications bunker nearby. We had no idea there was such a large military installation there during WWII (v.interesting).

At Swan Hill we went straight to ‘Pioneer Settlement’ (somewhere I visited in primary school) for lunch and a few hours exploring. Enjoyed all the ye olde buildings & machinery, car ride, horse carriage ride, rope making & treats at the general store.

Arrived at Walpeup around 5pm. Good value roadside stop/caravan park - $10 for the night. Starting to feel like the proper west now. Big skies & dusty red soil. Tomorrow we enter SA.Read more
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- Apr 20, 2023, 10:19am
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Australia South Australia Victor Harbor Franklin Island Truslove Reserve -35.558996, 138.60705835°33’32” S 138°36’25” E
Day 7
Walpeup to Victor Harbour
April 20, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
It was a cool overcast day today as we finally crossed the border into SA. Left Walpeup and made stops at the SA quarantine station, Pinnaroo, Lameroo and Murray Bridge before arriving in Victor Harbour at 3:30ish. Looks like a fun caravan park for the kids with an outdoor cinema, mini golf, waterpark and bike hire. We set up, had an early dinner and not much time for anything else. We are here for 4 nights now so should be able to make the most of it with some sunny days in the mid-20s coming up.Read more
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- Apr 21, 2023, 11:54am
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 329 m
- Australia South Australia Mount Barker Hahndorf Alec Johnston Park -35.029877, 138.81016535°1’48” S 138°48’37” E
Day 8
Hahndorf
April 21, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Travelled roughly an hour from Victor Harbour and visited the touristy boutique town of Hahndorf which began as a German settlement and has since carried on the tradition with German deli’s, Hotels, Inns, cafes, clothes stores and themed shops. Lunch was a bratwurst platter & bier paddle for me & a kassler for Corinne.Read more
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- Apr 21, 2023, 2:01pm
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- Australia South Australia Victor Harbor Nulcoowarra -35.564332, 138.62977535°33’52” S 138°37’47” E
Day 8
Granite Island
April 21, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We had a relatively quiet day today. Got up early to have a look around Granite Island then spent the rest of the day chilling at the caravan park.

Ended the evening back at Granite Island trying to see if we could spot some penguins arriving back at their nests but no such luck. It was still a beautiful warm night and we enjoyed the walk anyways. Victor Harbour really turned on the charm today. Beautiful weather and gorgeous location 😍Read more
Traveler Looks like a great spot!
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- Apr 23, 2023, 11:34am
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia South Australia Victor Harbor Warland Reserve -35.558553, 138.62646335°33’31” S 138°37’35” E
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Day 10
Last full day at Victor Harbour
April 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
It was a great day for the kids today. Sid wanted to revisit Granite Island after seeing some cute quail the day before so we did a quick lap then followed it up with a visit to the carnival located at the start of the Granite Island bridge.

We returned to the caravan park around lunchtime and the arvo was filled with a game of free mini golf and the kids swam on the complimentary waterslides.

As we got to late afternoon we decided to head southwest to the Bluff located at the head of Encounter Bay. Oh man what a spectacular sight looking south at sunset 😍 if anything was ever gonna make you fall in love with Victor Harbour, this is it. The climb to the top of the bluff was steep but so worth it. The 360° views were gorgeous.Read more
Traveler How are you going to get those kids back to school? They are having so much fun. It has been a long time since we were there. That sunset is wow! Victor Harbour looks a lot bigger than I remember it to be.
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