After eating breakfast and packing our caravan we started the day with a short drive through Penong township past several old buildings and on to Ceduna. To start with we headed out to the golf course. Ceduna Gold Club hosts the final two holes of the Nullabor Links. The first hole is a par 5 …
After setting off east it wasn't too long (less than 20 kms) before we made our first sightseeing stop for the day. Bunda Cliffs carpark offers an awesome view to the east along the Great Australian Bight.I don't feel photos do it justice. Heavy shadows make it hard to know what the best time of …
Continue reading Crossing the Nullabor, Border Village to Penong
You may think after the previous few days driving only 190 kms or so wasn't helping us cross the Nullabor very quickly but as you will read at the end of this post there was a good reason for not going so far.We hit the road just before 9:00 heading further east from Madura. Not …
Continue reading Crossing the Nullabor, Madura to Border Village
Leaving Coober Pedy with all its dirt mounds was quite unreal. For some time after, both sides of the road were littered with dirt piles. We stopped for fuel and a driver changeover at Cadney Homestead roadhouse, but after that the drive had a sameness about it apart from the signs about wandering cattle and the …
Managed a bit of a Sunday sleep-in as we were staying in Coober Pedy for another night. After breakfast we drove through the town to the Catacomb Church. A few others were arriving for the 9:30 service. We were welcomed by one of the locals and found a seat easily. As it turned out there …
On our fifth day we had a much longer drive to Coober Pedy so we quickly ate breakfast and packed up. Unfortunately we didn't time our departure from Woomera very well. As you can see we had to wait for a while as a very long freight train went through. Finally the last carriage passed …
As we had only a short distance to travel we made a more leisurely start to the day. Just before check out time of 10:00 we were on our way. The terrain was very dry with mostly low lying vegetation. From time to time we passed large plateaus as we drove along the mostly straight …
Arriving early afternoon in Port Augusta from Gawler allowed us the opportunity to visit and spend some time walking around the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens on the outskirts of town. As we drove in we noticed some wonderful iron sculptures of native Australian plants on the gateposts. After driving about a kilometre we reached …
Day 3 of our Big Caravan Trip Following another good night’s rest and breakfast we packed up and headed up the road from Gawler. Very scenic area with lots of vineyards, farming land and some lovely towns. One that caught our eye was Auburn with some well preserved old buildings- may come back sometime. Along …
Day 2 of our Big Caravan Trip After an excellent night’s sleep in our caravan we got up and ate breakfast before packing up and hitting the road again. It didn't take that long to reach the Victoria-South Australia state border. It was farewell to Victoria for the next three months or so. State borders …
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