Not another beautiful port...Broughton
June 7, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Another stop on our way to Port Augusta...another glorious day...and the best thing about travelling SA in Winter is the fact there are hardly any tourists! We have everything to ourselves...😊
The Big Thong/ Port Germain
June 7, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Sheep country, Flinder's Ranges in the background, dry, desert all around, AND the big thong, all on the way to Port Augusta...
Port Augusta- not so pretty
Jun 7–9, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Stayed 2 nights in caravan park surrounded by high fences with barbed wire...very feral town!! CBD a bit scary. Good fishing though!! As testified by Nev who caught some salmon...
Why Whyalla?
June 8, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Well why not ! We missed the Queen as she was last here in 1986. But we did explore the foreshore and the circular jetty and Hummock Hill. A very brown town. Exports alot of steel.
And discovered thatRead more
Cowell Silo Art- wow!
June 9, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Nice little coffee break in Cowell with art... 🎨
Ps. There are now 6 vehicles and 12 people in convoy. ..we have been joined by other 'silver and coloured- hair nomads'...
Windy Windy Port Lincoln
Jun 9–11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
A relaxing time was had by all at Port Lincoln, seafood capital of Australia...a bit of fishing, a bit of walking, a bit of sleeping in and late brekkie, seal and dolphin spotting... , NO swimmingRead more
Coffin Bay ⚰️
June 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Coffin Bay was named after Resident Naval Commissioner Sir Isaac Coffin, by explorer Matthew Flinders in 1802. Nice thing to do for a friend!!
Beautiful, beautiful spot known for it's oysters. We didRead more
Rugged coastline SA style
June 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Stopped in Elliston for our ritual bakery, coffee and potato pie stop, then we drove out to the coast for some spectacular scenery. Wow!!!! Love a rugged coastline...
Streaky Bay-where desert meets ocean
Jun 13–15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
OMG!! Sights and scenery like this is what travelling is made for!! So pristine and awe-inspiring. My pictures do not come close to capturing the beauty of this area..
We had a blast zooming roundRead more
Smoky Bay- Sexy name for a bay!
June 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Basically an oyster processing/ farming place and a beach and a jetty. Most of the bays along west coast of Eyre Peninsula have jetties, with enclosed swimming areas just in case of sharks!! TheRead more
The Race that Stopped the Nation
June 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
The Granites...I took on Tracey for a race up 103 stairs. I shouldn't have. I expired. She won!!
Superlative stop-off location with super, stunning, stony, scrumptious, sensational scenery!!!! AndRead more
Ceduna- greenest grassed esplanade in SA
June 14, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Quick coffee stop but best decaffeinated F/W medium with almond milk, I've had on whole trip! Thankyou Ceduna!!!!🍵🍵
Penong and Cactus Beach
June 15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Home to dozens of working windmills and a surf Mecca.
Bruce is the largest windmill in Australia, and lives in Penong. Cactus Beach is an iconic Australian pilgrimage for fervent surfers 🏄♀️Read more
Yalata
June 15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Tracey bought Neville a pair of wombat shorts!!
Never-ending Nullarbor
Jun 16–17, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Saw 2 dead wombats on roadside. No camels sighted so far. No kangaroos. Horizons all around us. No trees either. And some whales blowing their stacks at the Mum and baby nursery in the Great AussieRead more
Eucla- made it to WA!!
Jun 16–17, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Woohoo!!!! We made it through quarantine, but our truck plant 'Forrest' did not, so we sadly farewelled him, put our grief behind us and soldiered on to Eucla. Freecamped at the Eucla Old TelegraphRead more
I will rise on wings of an eagle...
June 17, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Cocklebiddy Roadhouse stop, home to Bruce and Samantha the wedge-tailed Eagles, injured by vehicles on road...
Roads are great in WA, much better than QLD! More trees on Nullarbor now and much, muchRead more
Campfire Caiguna
Jun 18–19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Freecamp at Caiguna last night, a blow hole with no water and a fireside dance party...it was a fun stop!! 🥳💃🕺
Off to Newmann Rocks now, rained overnight, still on the Never-ending Nullabor...🏜🚐
Balladonia- another Nullarbor Roadhouse
June 18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
These roadhouses on the Nullarbor are very busy, but homey for the weary traveller,once inside.
Saw a group of camels 🐫 🐪🐫🐫🐪 on the longest straight highway in world( 90 miles) butRead more
No camels at Newman Rock
Jun 18–19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
No camels at this waterhole. They mustn't have been thirsty. But another beautiful freecamp spot with magnificent 360 degree views including Fraser Ranges. Very relaxing overnighter!
Norseman- named after a horse
June 19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Brief stop here, 2nd largest gold-mining town in WA, and official end of the Nullarbor. In 1890, Laurie Sinclair tied his horse ' Hardy Norseman' to a tree overnight. By morning the horse hadRead more
It's Everything Esperance
Jun 20–22, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Well, another beautiful day in Paradise!! We beach and bay-hopped today, visited Cape Le Grande National Park and walked on the squeaky white sands of Lucky Bay, voted The World's Most Beautiful BeachRead more
Unlucky in Lucky Bay but not really...
Jun 20–22, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Well what an experience!! Weather was great Day 1 but then THE WIND and THE RAIN hit!!! Put a bit of a damper on our time here, and the truck sure did rock at night( winds 50 to 70 knots) but we madeRead more
Traveler
Stunning. All the photos just show what we could have seen if we had known they were there . Xx ❤️
TravelerNext time you come out, come on a trip with us...we do a fair bit of research online b4 we go anywhere...we r always googling etc etc and our first stop everytime we come into somewhere new is to go to the information centres( there is one in most towns) get brochures and ask staff what are highlights we must see while there, being able to lnow how to go offgrid is a must....
TravelerThanks for the update and 'how to' practical advice to put into action. I really thought we had it sussed, we did enjoy ourselves and what we did this time round, but really wouldn't want to do it again the same way. We will be back at some point and it would be lovely to get together with you both. Xx 💕
Grass Patch, what a lovely name...
June 23, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Short lunch stop on our way to Dundas Rocks Freecamp..
Not much here, a shop, a rest area, a closed-down pub and us!
Wet and windy and cold again...
There's a place called Salmon Gums further up. LoveRead more
Ghost Town of Dundas
Jun 23–25, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
20kms south of Norseman lies the ghost gold town of Dundas. Established in 1896 it only lasted 20 yrs, cause Norseman had more gold and more experienced gold prospectors. We did the Dundas HeritageRead more
Travelerbit toooo cold!