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Der Traum wird doch wahr
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- Dec 10, 2023, 3:15pm
- 🌧 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Dakalanta Park -33.042939, 137.57869333°2’35” S 137°34’43” E
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Day 28
2. Tag in der Waschstraße
December 10, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Aus einem kurzen Gespräch mit einem anderen Camper im Herren-Waschraum über den Dauerregen bekommt Michi das
heutige Tages-Motto: Don't be upset there are 44° in Sydney.
Welch Trost!
Wir fahren nahezu fünf Stunden durch mehr oder weniger schweren Dauerregen, besichtigen aber trotzdem die ein oder andere Sehenswürdigkeit (meist durch die Windschutzscheibe): den zweitlängsten Jetty von Australien in Port Germain, der mehr als 1,6 km in das Meer hineingebaut ist und Port Pirie, weihnachtlich geschmückt.
Unsere Vorräte und unser Abendessen besorgen wir uns beim südlichsten Aldi, den wir kennen.
Wir erreichen unser heutiges Tagesziel Whyalla auf der Eyre Peninsula und beziehen mit großer Hoffnung auf besseres Wetter ab morgen einen Stellplatz, der nur ca. 10 m vom Strand entfernt istRead more
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Traveler 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht 😂😂😂😂😂
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Traveler Echt, Aldi 🤔
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Traveler Australien
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- Jan 2, 2024, 8:22pm
- 🌬 24 °C
- Altitude: 1 m
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Dakalanta Park -33.043053, 137.57812533°2’35” S 137°34’41” E
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Day 20–22
Tag 17 & 18 (SA)
January 2 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
Wir hoffen ihr seid alle gut ins neue Jahr gestartet. Hier in South Australia spielt das Wetter etwas verrückt.💨
Am Neujahrsmorgen fuhren wir weiter auf der Eyre Peninsula (Eyre Halbinsel) nach Coffin Bay und anschliessend nach Port Lincoln. Leider liess das Wetter zu wünschen übrig und aufgrund des Feiertags waren alle Lokale und Geschäfte geschlossen. Deshalb entschieden wir uns weiter in nördliche Richtung zu fahren und hielten in Whyalla, der drittgrössten Stadt Südaustraliens, an.
Fun Fact:
3. Whyalla: 22‘000 Einwohner
2. Mount Gambier: 26‘000 Einwohner
1. Adelaide: 1‘236‘000 Einwohner
Hier herrschen 28 Grad und herrlicher Sonnenschein.☀️😎
Bereits gestern bemerkten wir, dass Maggie’s Batteriesystem nicht so funktionierte, wie es sollte. 🔋🪫 Da wir uns nicht sicher waren, ob sich ein Elektriker dieses Problems annehmen muss, buchten wir 2 Nächte in einem Caravan Park auf einem mit Strom versorgten Stellplatz direkt am Meer. Nicht ganz unser Ding, aber dennoch erholsam. Ein weiteres Plus sind die sanitären Einrichtungen.🚿
Das Problem am Batteriesystem konnten wir temporär selber beheben. Da wir die letzten beiden Tage Maggie und uns eine Pause der vielen Eindrücke gönnten, entstanden nicht viele Fotos, welche wir mit euch teilen können.
Wir freuen uns auf morgen und den Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. Stay tuned! 🤙🏽Read more
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Sarah and Viktor Australia
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- Feb 26, 2017
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Dakalanta Park -33.04111, 137.5849833°2’28” S 137°35’6” E
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Day 49
Whyalla
February 26, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Whyalla ist die drittgrösste Stadt in South Australia, mit vielen Industrie- und Hafenanlagen aber auch einem sehr schönen Strand. An dem kleinen Hafen neben dem Strand konnten wir viele Delfine sehen. Sie kamen mit den einfahrenden Booten und hofften auf ein bisschen Fisch. Am Strand kann man bei Ebbe etwa 800m auf dem Sand laufen und bei Flut soweit ins Wasser gehen, bei ca. 1m Wassertiefe. Das war bei gutem Wind natürlich ein Paradies für Kitesurfer, also konnte Viktor endlich wieder seinen Kite auspacken. Glücklicherweise haben wir hier auch wieder nette Leute kennengelernt, die uns einige Tipps geben konnten...

Whyalla ist the third biggest city in South Australia, with much industry- and harbour facilities but also with a lovely beach. At the small harbour beside the beach we could see some dolphins. They came with the incoming boats and hoped for a bit fish. At the beach at low tide you can walk about 800m far at the sand and at high tide you can walk into the water so far, at 1m water depth. This was a paradise for kite surfer, so Viktor could unpack his kite at last. Fortunately we met again some nice people, which could give us some tips...Read more
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Hey Särah ^^ sieht echt gut aus bei euch. Und übrigens schicker Hut. Sag mal geht ihr zwischendurch auch iwo arbeiten. Was habt ihr da denn schon so gemacht? GRÜßE aus der Hauptstadt, Annica
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Herzliche Grüße, genießt das Leben!
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Sarah and Viktor Also bisher waren wir noch nicht arbeiten 😁 aber demnächst schauen wir mal, was es so im Angebot gibt ^^
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Sarah and Viktor Herzlichen Grüße zurück! Das Leben genießen wir auf jeden Fall 😊
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Traveler Trip Around Australia 2022
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- Apr 10, 2022
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 40 m
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Flinders Lookout Reserve -33.035362, 137.57688933°2’7” S 137°34’37” E
Day 23
Whyalla, SA
April 10, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Located on Eyre Peninsula's Spencer Gulf in South Australia, Whyalla is mainly visited for the dolphins that come up to the shore to greet you. We also found out it is knows as the "Windy City" and we learnt why. We stayed on the water in the local caravan park.Read more
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Traveler MarkTula Exploring Oz
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- Apr 20, 2023
- Altitude: 21 m
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Port Whyalla -33.038333, 137.5933°2’18” S 137°35’24” E
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Day 730
Whyalla and Iron Knob
April 20, 2023 in Australia
Visited Mark's hometown. He was born in Whyalla and moved to Adelaide when he was five.
We managed to find the house he lived in and Errol and Lorraine's house.
Went to the jetty and tried squiding but it was too windy and cold. (if you haven't guessed we really want to catch some squid)
Mark's dad was from Iron Knob. We did a day trip out to see what is left of the town. Mark often talks about different places in Iron Knob, the store and the pub (owned by a couple of his aunt's). We tried to find his gran's house but couldn't. We lucked out and were able to do a tour they drove us around the town explaining where buildings were.
We did find his grandfather's headstone in the cemetery and his dad's name on the honour roll for WWII veterans.Read more
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Traveler Was it like that when he was there..
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Traveler Mark can't remember it much but his brother said not much had changed
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Ok, bit like the house I grew up in, same still [Carol]
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- Apr 1, 2023, 1:18pm
- Altitude: 29 m
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Port Whyalla -33.037598, 137.5908533°2’15” S 137°35’27” E
Day 9
Whyalla
April 1, 2023 in Australia
Churzi Pause ide erste richtige "Stadt" Whyalla 🙃
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Duncan Grant South Australia
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- Mar 12, 2018, 6:59pm
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Dakalanta Park -33.04318, 137.5783733°2’35” S 137°34’42” E
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Whyalla
March 12, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Whyalla is located on the western shore of the upper Spencer Gulf on the Eyre Peninsula and is 385 kms northwest of Adelaide. The town has a substantial industrial base providing mining, engineering and steel services.
We spent an extremely windy afternoon which lasted into the evening staying into the next day. The gale which was blowing certainly made it difficult to sleep as our van was on a site directly off the foreshore. We did manage some sightseeing without being blown off the face of the earth.
Matthew Flinders first navigated the north Spencer Gulf in 1802, followed by Frenchman Louis-Claude Freycinet in 1803, these famous explorers are remembered in contemporary sculptures of the pair.
The foreshore has recreational areas and is linked to the Ada Ryan gardens for everyone to enjoy. Along the foreshore is a sculpture of a stainless steel globe of the world honouring the multicultural heritage of the town and also a diver , an acknowledgement of humans and nature interacting . Little Mawson was up close and personal with the diver. In town is a steel artwork honouring the Henry Lawson story of the Loaded Dog. Made of thousands of pieces of small steel rods it makes a wonderful exhibit.
One little structure we saw looked nothing other than a high rise Hobit house, looking rather funny we thought.Read more
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Adelaide to Esperance
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- Nov 22, 2022, 3:44pm
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Port Whyalla -33.037693, 137.589933°2’16” S 137°35’24” E
Day 25
HMAS Whyalla
November 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Headed to the Whyalla foreshore for a walk along the unique jetty with a circular walkway halfway along. Saw several dolphins in the marina but they wouldn't play for our cameras!
Walked up Hummock Hill lookout for 360 degree views of Whyalla beachfront and steelworks.
Then headed to the HMAS Whyalla for a tour through the ship. What a great tour. Very informative. Afterwards we went through the Maritime museum and model railway exhibition onsite. The museum runs a 10 minute movie on how the ship was moved from the water to its current position, was not an easy task. Nor did it run smoothly, took 5 days to shift from the sea just a few hundred metres!
Walked through the Ada Ryan gardens, nice but small.
Back to the foreshore area where we walked the jetty again as it was such a lovely sunny afternoon.Read more
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Traveler Darren's 50th trek 2020
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- Feb 26, 2020, 11:17am
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Flinders Lookout Reserve -33.03833, 137.5866733°2’18” S 137°35’12” E
Day 25
Whyalla
February 26, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Not much to see here. Had a quick stop. Then heading to Porta Gutta... where our trip together began... how fast have those 3 1/2 weeks gone... we have seen so many amazing things.
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The Shifting Spanners Marg n Pauls Gap Year 2017
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- Oct 26, 2017
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- Australia South Australia Whyalla Flinders Lookout Reserve -33.03481, 137.580133°2’5” S 137°34’48” E
Day 323
Whyalla
October 26, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Just an overnight stop as we head towards Renmark and all points East. Founded by BHP as a port to ship iron ore from the Iron Knob Mine it's the 3rd most populous town in SA.

After checking out Hummock's Hill and the foreshore, we ended up having a drink with the managers of the CP who then gave us some King George Whiting fish fillets to take with us...looking forward to trying that in the next couple of days!

A lot warmer 12-29Read more
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