15th – 20th September Our next stop was McDermid Rock, followed by The Breakaways. We didn’t know what to expect at McDermid Rock, other than a bush camp near a big rock, but we were looking forward to getting away from the wind and the dust and the sand blasting from Lake Ballard. We …
9th – 12th September 2023 I’ll start by saying Lake Ballard must be one of the most visited, remote, tourist sights. We were there for three nights, and there was a constant stream of day trippers and overnight campers, and for good reason. It’s a relatively short drive from Kalgoorlie (207 km) and on …
Peter’s post So, on we travelled on this epic drive and although enjoying the drive, we were looking forward to the western end of the Nullarbor. Norseman was looming but it would take us another two days to get there. Overall, we think we did pretty well, taking nine days to cross from Ceduna. …
The Treeless Plain Is the Nullarbor a Treeless Plain? In a word…Nope. However, it is a very, very…very long road. Starting at Ceduna in SA and finishing at Norseman in WA. The road across the Nullarbor Plain (the Eyre Hwy) stretches for 1,201 kilometres. Just to put this in context, and for friends and …
Our four days in Ceduna were spent running around. The hospital, shopping, washing, car and van washing and the local pub. The food was so good there, we ate at the pub twice. Ceduna seemed quite nice, (they let us buy alcohol so that was a bonus). We stayed at the Shelly Beach caravan …
The Gawler Ranges After the extended time we’d spent in SA, I thought it was fitting that we spend some time just chilling. The Gawler Ranges NP seemed just the place for that. Great location, kangaroos, emus and birds for me, and lots of hills to climb for Peter. There are a few walking …
As navigator, it’s my responsibility to boldly take us where we have never gone before. So, I did my research and found us a great spot for our first night out of Coffin Bay. As we drove north-west towards Drummond Point, Peter started making noises about having been here before. I of course, vehemently …
The Port Lincoln Tourist Park has to be one of the best caravan parks we’ve stayed at to date. The sites are huge, level, and well-spaced, offering great views of Spencer Gulf from most sites so we were pleased to be spending eight days there. We used Port Lincoln as a base to explore …
Eyre Peninsular After two years of trying to get to Western Australia, we are finally heading in the right direction. We left Adelaide on the 18th July and we are not going back. Don’t get me wrong, we loved our time in Adelaide and our time exploring SA but…it is time to move on. …
Ok, so my last blog post was about five weeks ago, (sorry about that). And that begs the questions, where have we been, and what have we been doing? There’s a lot to fit in but I’ll try to keep it brief. We wanted to make the most of our last days in Barmera …
