Rather than heading directly west to Perth and to continue our coastal trek, we turned south at Norseman as we were keen to explore the southern coast of WA. First stop was Esperance where we stayed at the Pink Lake Caravan Park. The lake is not even vaguely pink – don’t ask! This is aContinue reading “Esperance and the South Coast”
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Adelaide Hills
Our previous visit to Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia was brief so we were keen to settle in and enjoy this town, famous as Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement. We stayed at the Hahndorf Resort Tourist Park, a spectacular location just out of town. This has a convention centre, cabins and Restaurant 5245Continue reading “Adelaide Hills”
The Fleurieu Peninsula – back to South Australia!
Our 2nd to last border crossing – back into South Australia. Sadly we forgot about interstate quarantine until the morning we were travelling so we had to give up our tiny herb garden. We also passed over our honey, veges and fruit that we couldn’t quickly cook to some happy campers! The lovely part aboutContinue reading “The Fleurieu Peninsula – back to South Australia!”
Great Ocean Road: Part 2
The Great Ocean Road along this rocky coast is described as the world’s biggest war memorial. Why? It was literally built by hand (with a lot of pickaxes and shovels!) by 3000 returned World War 1 servicemen from the early 1920s on. This neatly solved two problems; how to meaningfully employ these men during theContinue reading “Great Ocean Road: Part 2”
Mornington Peninsula & Melbourne
Next stop was Dromana, a seaside village on the Mornington Peninsula about 20 minutes south of Mornington where friends Di and John and Lorraine and Keith live. We fell in love with this region as it really does have it all – beautiful coastline and beaches, fertile farmland and scenery and full of history andContinue reading “Mornington Peninsula & Melbourne”
Back to the coast…
From Canberra we headed back to the east coast to Batemans Bay in the Eurobodalla region. We stayed in the Big 4 park on the northern edge of the Clyde River where it opens to the Tasman Sea – delightful. The town is on the other side of the river and boasts great seafood. There are severalContinue reading “Back to the coast…”
Australian War Memorial, Canberra and Bungendore
Our capital city of Canberra is located in the Australian Capital Territory and is completely surrounded by the state of New South Wales. That’s how we found ourselves 10 minutes from the city but staying at Queanbeyan caravan park in NSW! It reminded us of Washington DC in the USA, where we were surprised to hearContinue reading “Australian War Memorial, Canberra and Bungendore”
The Gold Coast region
The Boyd Bay caravan park at Tweed Heads was a great base to meet up with friends and family around the Gold Coast region. This city straddles the 2 states of Queensland and New South Wales and 2 different local government areas which of course leads to some odd situations – not least when daylightContinue reading “The Gold Coast region”
Good food, pigs, boulders and dreams…
Mission Beach seems to be a generic term used for the region that also includes 3 other very pretty beaches of Wongaling, Bingil Bay and South Mission Beach (fab views out to Dunk Island). Each place has a different mojo whether that be water sports, fishing, art galleries, music, drinking at a beachfront bar orContinue reading “Good food, pigs, boulders and dreams…”
Innisfail
We moved 84 kms south from Cairns to Innisfail as this is a good central location to explore interesting local spots. Our last visit here was shortly after Cyclone Larry in 2006, which had a devastating impact on the town and the the many crops grown in this region – you may remember whenContinue reading “Innisfail”
2020 Travels 