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  • Adelaide to Esperance
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    Day 4

    Penong

    November 1, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

    So after staying another night (Monday) in Ceduna due to it being just too wet and windy to travel we had a fairly quiet day.
    A bit of a drive around Ceduna and out to Thevenard to check out the lighthouse memorial at Pinky Point. Such a windy night wasn't sure if we would even get away again this morning. But the winds dropped enough for us to head to Penong. Lovely clean, flat Caravan Park back off the highway where we booked in for a night.
    Took a walk around the Windmill museum where the largest windmill in Australia is. Interesting to read about all the different windmills on display.
    Was hoping to drive to lake MacDonnell to see the pink/blue lake but apparently due to the weather over the last week both sides are brown at the moment, so will see if it's settled on our way back.
    Walked to the Penong hotel to watch the Melbourne cup. Yahoo, I picked the winner😃, but 😕I didn't actually put any money on it! Oh well, it was still fun to relax and watch the cup run.
    Went back to the pub for dinner. Meals were huge, neither of us could finish them.    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    1
    Day 2

    Very windy day

    October 30, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 26 °C

    We left Kimba just before 7am to try and beat the wind, this worked for a little while but not all that long.
    Quick stop in Wudinna to view the "Farmer Statue" made of granite. Amazing how someone can do this.
    Then headed to Penong.
    Arrived in Ceduna at lunch time and after a walk down the jetty decided the winds were too strong to continue driving to Penong, so we had lunch on the side of the road in the caravan and found a caravan park that could accommodate us for the night.
    Shelly beach caravan park, a few kilometres just outside of ceduna said no problems, drive on in.
    So we booked in there for the night and out of the wind a much as possible.
    Lovely park with great amenities, tucked behind the sand dunes.
    Took a walk on the beach and funnily enough we were the only ones, so windy, the sand gave our legs a great sand blast!
    Hoping the wind dies down a bit so we can head towards the Nullabour Roadhouse tomorrow .    Read more

  • Adelaide to Esperance
    1
    Day 1

    Overnight in Kimba

    October 29, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Left home early and headed to Laura and Dylan's place to hook up the van.
    All went well and we pulled out of their place about 8:45am, not as early as Rob had planned but we are on holidays so...
    Headed to Port Pirie to drop in on Rob's dad and Maggie for an early lunch.
    Left Port Pirie and headed to Kimba.
    After plenty of roadworks and what we hope was arranged for us by our friend Nigel (see pic) our escort helped to get us through the road works and we arrived in Kimba mid afternoon. We stopped to take a pic of the big Galah which is at the "Half way across Australia point" before checking into the caravan Park just out of the town for the night.
    Told to choose our own spot, we chose a drive thru site.
    Wanting to stretch our legs after a day in the car, we walked back into the town to check out the silo art, which was amazing.    Read more

  • Caravanning Victoria
    Day 14

    And just like that, we are home.

    April 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Left Red Cliffs caravan Park with the plan of heading in the direction of home.
    Not knowing if we would stop another night somewhere or get all the way home.
    We crossed the border and were stopped and checked at the quarantine check point for any fruit, of which we weren't carrying any.
    We headed to Barmera to check out Lake Bonnie - wow now we know why everyone talks about this place. It's beautiful, have put this on the list of places to go back to and stay for a few days. Had a bite to eat out of the caravan at the lakes edge.
    After a walk around the lake front we headed onto Waikerie.
    Amazing silo art on the way in.
    Another lovely riverfront town. Another walk along the river and through the very busy caravan park.
    Drove into Blanchetown where we stopped at Lock 1. Very interesting to see how the pelicans have worked out how the fish get through the lock and they can get an easy feed.
    Also saw the lock open for a house boat to move upstream.
    At this time it was mid afternoon and we decided that as we had shared the driving and had plenty of stops we would head for Gawler.
    Arrived at Laura and Dylan's house at 5pm and parked the van.
    Was a great 2 week trip. Can't wait to start planning the next!    Read more

  • Caravanning Victoria
    2
    Day 13

    Winner, winner!

    April 14, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Easy day today, drove from Lake Boga to Red Cliffs and set up at the caravan Park.
    Walked into the town centre and found the shop where the Chapleys opened their original shop.
    An easy afternoon reading my book sitting in the sun while Rob played around with the caravan weight distribution hitch. Dinner at the Red Cliffs club, lovely club where they had an Easter raffle that we won first prize!!!Read more

  • Caravanning Victoria
    Day 12

    Pioneer settlement Swan Hill

    April 13, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Left Kyabram and started slowly heading back towards Adelaide. Drove 2 hours till we came across Lake Boga, with a caravan Park right on the lake and only 10 minutes out of Swan Hill where we were hoping to stay.
    So we booked a site at Lake Boga and got right on the lake front. Beautiful spot.
    Headed into Swan Hill for the afternoon to explore the Pioneer settlement. It's an old colonial times village, really well done right on the Murray River.
    Headed back to our van for dinner on the lake and to watch the Sun set.    Read more

  • Caravanning Victoria
    Day 11

    It seem like everything in Vic is closed

    April 12, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Hit the road early to shift onto the Kyabram caravan Park. They charg extra if you arrive before 2pm! So we paid as we wanted to set up and head off to Euroa only to find out part way there after further Google searches that all the places we wanted to visit were not open today (even though it's school holidays here). So onto Benalla where it was quite the same, only half of what we wanted to see was open, some only showing closed signs once on the doors once we'd arrived. Very disappointed.
    Once again a walk around the Botanical gardens which didn't disappoint and were lovely.    Read more

  • Caravanning Victoria
    Day 10

    Viva Bendigo

    April 11, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    A visit to the Elvis exhibition in Bendigo today, interesting but not really worth the high entry fee.
    Lots of exibits from very early in his life, including a box of his crayons, his school library card, the family letterbox. Then dresses of some of the actress's that played opposite him in some movies. The car was cool, one he bought in Hawaii and then it became part of a movie he filmed there at the time. There were also alot of his clothes from when he enlisted to different movies he was in and both his and Pricilla's wedding outfits. Not as much about his music as I thought would have been there.

    Then a walk around the Bendigo Botanical gardens, again absolutely beautiful, with a small bird aviary inside housing several different breeds of birds. The gardens had both flowering beds and georgeous mature trees many of which were going through their autumn change. Huge magnolia trees with hundreds of buds on them about to bloom in the next few weeks and which will look stunning when they do.    Read more

  • Caravanning Victoria
    Day 9

    A day around Bendigo

    April 10, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    A morning under ground tour of Central Deborah Gold Mine started our day today.
    This was a very informative 45 minute tour taking us 61 metres below ground level and showing us through the old mine.
    Back at ground level we finished looking at the mine before hopping on the talking tram for a ride around the city. The tram stopped at several points of interest where we could get off and have a look around.
    We stopped off in the city centre where I went to the Chinese gardens ( while Rob shopped at JB hi-fi!).
    The gardens were smaller than I thought but still pretty.
    Back on the tram and onto Lake Wendouree where we hopped off and walked around the lake in the warm sunshine.
    Back on the tram for the return journey and commentary to end our afternoon.    Read more

  • Caravanning Victoria
    1
    Day 8

    Bendigo -Marong Big 4 Holiday Park

    April 9, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Left Daylesford in overcast and slightly drizzly weather and headed to Bendigo.
    Stopped off at Gilford on the way to check out "The Big Tree" it has a circumference of over 12m and is over 500 years old. Certainly a very impressive looking tree. Through Castlemaine where we stopped off for a coffee and purchased some lovely food at the bakery for our dinner tonight.
    Onto Bendigo where we set up in the Marong holiday park a few KMs just out of Bendigo. We have been given a lovely big site at the back of the park under a nice shady tree. Very happy to be staying a few nights here.
    The weather fined up so back to Castlemaine to visit the Botanical gardens which were lovely to walk around.    Read more

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