Wandering Ozzies

Wandering Ozzies

We’ve sold everything and are hitting the road for an extended length of time travelling Australia. Some of you might remember that we had the name “Wandering Oz” from when we had our first caravan, 20 odd years ago. After all, our name is Osborne. Leer más🌍Burnett Heads

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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 47
- jueves, 20 de enero de 2022, 12:00
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitud: 8 m
- Australia Koodinga -34.911623, 135.68009334°54’42” S 135°40’48” E
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Fishery Bay
20 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Escaping the hustle and bustle of Port Lincoln we headed south to Fishery Bay, about as far south as you can go on the Eyre Peninsular. The campground was basically a bit of a carpark with a short walk access to the very popular beach. No internet access or phone coverage at the site. The council has recently introduced a camping fee for the area but I don't think anyone other than us actually paid. Got some heavy rain on our second night here but nothing like what areas just north of us received where roads were flooded or washed away.
Met some very helpful council officers there who were planning out improvements to the camping area. One in particular took great delight in showing us some of the bush tucker that was growing right at our camp. Native cherries and currants are delicious snacks.Leer más
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Viajero The view from Whalers Way. The bay was originally used as a trapping bay for whales that were slaughtered here.
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Viajero Native currants and cherries
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Viajero Beach access. All very new
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Viajero Fishery Bay campsite
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 44
- lunes, 17 de enero de 2022, 12:00
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitud: 14 m
- Australia Port Lincoln -34.728418, 135.8563234°43’42” S 135°51’23” E
Port Lincoln - Bayview Park
17 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Port Lincoln is the largest town on the Lower Eyre Peninsular so we had planned ahead to get some essential work done. The caravan hadn't been serviced since we left home so it was well and truly due. It had developed a rather noticable squeal in the disc brakes on the rear wheels which I thought was just dust and grit we had picked up. A thorough service of the brakes and replacement of the bearings fixed the problem. We had also been plagued with problems in one of the airbags on the car. It had not ever been right since install despite the original installers having three goes at it. Booked it in to the local Airbag Man dealer to try to rectify and they found a tiny hole in the top of the bag at the brass fitting. I believe it was always there but as it was out of warranty we coughed up to have it fixed.
Bayview Park was a pretty nondescript private park just outside town. Served it's purpose.Leer más
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 42
- sábado, 15 de enero de 2022, 6:30
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitud: Nivel del mar
- Indian Ocean -34.4546, 136.1148634°27’17” S 136°6’53” E
Red Cliff Campground - Tumby Bay
15 de enero de 2022, Indian Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Back to the coast near Tumby Bay we headed south to Red Cliff campground for a couple of days. This is a beautiful spot with sweeping views of the Spencer Gulf. Pristine beaches spread north and south from the camp with lots of spots where snorkelling would be great. The water was just warm enough to try for the first time on the trip.Leer más
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 40
- jueves, 13 de enero de 2022, 12:00
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitud: 70 m
- Australia Cummins Railway Station -34.27127, 135.7227934°16’17” S 135°43’22” E
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Cummins
13 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
From the coast we headed inland for a couple of days to catch up with household chores. On the way we passed one of the most recognisable pieces of silo art in South Australia. It really is very clever how the image must be viewed from a certain spot to be able to see the detail.
Cummins is s mall town in the centre of the Eyre Peninsular and a hub for much of the storage and distribution of the grain that is grown in the area. A small community run caravan park was our base for the stay.
It seems the original van park owners abandoned the spot and the community could see the advantage of still having the park in town. The admin is done at the local Deli and volunteers look after the grounds, which were in terrific condition. The bonus for this park is that they offer free use of the laundry facilities (washer and dryer) and even provide detergent. Faye said she has never seen a 14kg washer before. We managed to wash and dry all the mats, sheets, blankets, doona cover and clothes during our two day stay. We even enjoyed some apricots that the volunteer caretaker was giving away.
The town itself is not overly burdened with things to do or see so we made sure we were stocked up and clean (on the inside anyway) before moving on.Leer más
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Viajero Silo art by Martin Ron near Tumby Bay
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Viajero Grain is the staple of the area.
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Viajero A nice grassy site.
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Viajero Old railway carriage
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 38
- martes, 11 de enero de 2022, 12:00
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitud: 11 m
- Australia Carrow Well -34.14121, 136.3403834°8’28” S 136°20’25” E
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Port Neill - Carrow Wells
11 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Travelling down the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsular through Arno Bay and Port Neill. Both lovely little seaside towns that boast clean sand beaches and clear water. The winds are still too cold for us to venture in for a swim but the weather is improving.
After filling up with water at Port Neill we took the dirt road down to Carrow Wells. Right on the beach the remnants of the original wells are still there, although safely fenced off now. No facilities here apart from a long-drop toilet and the camp area itself was extremely rocky and uneven but the beach walks were lovely. We stayed for two nights.Leer más
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Viajero Port Neill Jetty
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Viajero Port Neill Hotel
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Viajero Beautiful!
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 36
- domingo, 9 de enero de 2022, 12:00
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitud: 3 m
- Australia Port Gibbon -33.79943, 136.8353733°47’58” S 136°50’7” E
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Port Gibbon
9 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
From Kimba we headed back to the coast as the weather improved. Through the picturesque Cowell on Franklin Harbour the road headed south along the Spencer Gulf coastline. Several beachside camps are provided by the local council with no facilities but lovely locations.
For once the weather was kind as the sun shone and the wind dropped. Fine enough for a walk on the beach and some highly unsuccessful fishing. We enjoyed a lovely sunset and sunrise the next day.Leer más
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Viajero Sadly the only catch. He went back.
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Viajero Beautiful spot!
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Viajero Great photo!!
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 34
- viernes, 7 de enero de 2022, 16:48
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitud: 272 m
- Australia Jubilee Park -33.135616, 136.42051733°8’8” S 136°25’14” E
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Kimba
7 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
A fairly big day for us travelling from Crystal Brook, through Port Pirie, up to the top of the Spencer Gulf through Port Augusta and then west to the town of Kimba.
Now a centre for grain distribution, Kimba bills itself as "Half Way Across Australia". The local community have done a great job providing facilities for travelers here with two dedicated free camp areas. We stayed at Kimba Pioneer Memorial Park with lovely clean toilets and showers, water and rubbish bins available and nice clean quiet area. A fantastic camp kitchen was also available but we didn't get to use it.Leer más
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Viajero Mural at the show grounds
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Viajero One of the first silo art sites in South Australia
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Viajero Seems a long way to come to only be halfway 😲
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 32
- miércoles, 5 de enero de 2022, 16:48
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitud: 194 m
- Australia Crystal Brook -33.33895, 138.2433933°20’20” S 138°14’36” E
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Bowman Park, Crystal Brook
5 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We left the Yorke Peninsular with mixed feelings. Parts of it were lovely but with the incessant wind and the crowded time of year we probably didn't see it at it's best.
Heading north the scenery started to change with less of the brown open grain fields and more bush and greenery. Made our way to a Council controlled stopover called Bowman Park near the small town of Crystal Brook. A really interesting spot that was originally a homestead called "Crystal Brook Run" running sheep and growing wheat but has been through quite a few lives since it's original purpose. It has apparently been used as a youth camp, rodeo ground, speedway and flora and fauna park. Parts of the original homestead are still visible.Leer más
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Viajero Barn for the original homestead
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Viajero Modern amenities 🤣 The new ones are much better.
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Viajero The original homestead was blown up with dynamite for some reason 🤷‍♂️
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 30
- lunes, 3 de enero de 2022, 16:48
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitud: 29 m
- Australia Queen Square -34.067547, 137.58943734°4’3” S 137°35’22” E
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Moonta
3 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
It is nice to be on the move again. Over to the western side of the Yorke Peninsular we drove up through Point Turton, Minlaton and Maitland to the Moonta Bay/Port Hughes area. We stopped at the Moonta RV Stopover which was pretty much a dust bowl. The wind whipped up again so everything was covered in a fine layer.
The Moonta Bay / Port Hughes foreshore is quite lovely with the jetties extending out into the deeper water. The water is crystal clear but spoiled a bit by the amount of sea grass and weed around. I was keen to have a fish for squid which seemed to be the catch of choice but the wind was just too persistent.Leer más
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Viajero Looks pretty.
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Viajero Our Lap of Oz - Part 3
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- Día 29
- domingo, 2 de enero de 2022, 16:48
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitud: 4 m
- Australia Coobowie -35.043142, 137.72724435°2’35” S 137°43’38” E
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Coobowie
2 de enero de 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Well after spending the Christmas - New Year period in the Coobowie Caravan Park we will probably not be looking for another caravan park for a while. It is a pleasant enough spot but being in a full park is not really our thing. We did a bit of exploring around the area mainly to get out of the park for a while.Leer más
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Viajero A brief period when we didn't have the ferals next door to us.
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Viajero Wool Bay Kiln
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Viajero Port Vincent foreshore. It is a nice little holiday town.
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