Alice Springs & Macdonnell Ranges
Alice Springs and the Macdonnell Ranges The Ghan 1 The Ghan 2 Simpsons Gap Standley Chasm Macdonnell Ranges Was surprised by Alice Springs, all we hear is the bad reports in the media. It is a very pretty town and we didn’t see any of the issues. It is all very green with lots of […]
Uluru
Uluru Had to stop at Uluru as it is such a spectacular sight. It is a massive sandstone monolith that stands 346m high. Simon ran around the base whilst I walked it’s 9.4kms. It has rained here recently so it was much greener than my last visit which was 9 years ago. Not as many […]
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy The opal capital of the world and a very different town. Nearly 60% of the locals live underground. You can see the air vents popping up out of the ground. Apparently this keeps their temperature between 23-25C at all times. There are underground churches, cafes and hotels here. We visited the Serbian underground […]
Lake Hart
Lake Hart Just an overnight stop over in a free camp. Simon happy as he could get down to the railway. Missed the train coming through as it was very early in the morning. Previous Next
Woomera
Woomera This is now a RAAF base which covers 122,000 square kilometres. However in 1947 there was a Anglo-Australian project which lasted 34 years and Woomera was one of the most secret allied establishments in operation during the Cold War. The British carried out 7 nuclear tests here on the Maralinga site, one of which […]
Wallaroo & Moonta
Wallaroo & Moonta ‘Little Cornwall’ This area is called the ‘copper triangle’ lots of Cornish and Welsh people came out here in the 1860’s. The Cornish worked in the mines whilst the Welsh worked in the smelting works as they were experienced smelters from Swansea. Wallaroo was predominantly a Welsh town and Moonta Cornish. Went […]
Jupiter Creek
Jupiter Creek We left our caravan on a property in Jupiter Creek so that we could fly back to Brisbane for a week. I had put a call out on Facebook on the Lap of Australia group for somewhere to park and this lovely couple Stuart and Ruth replied and offered us a park. Imagine […]
Hahndorf
Hahndorf We happened to visit on a Sunday and it was heaving with people. It’s a very German town so the restaurants serve German food, the bakery does German bread and there is a Christmas shop where you can buy cuckoo clocks or Christmas decorations. A very different town. We have since learnt that all […]
McLaren Vale
McLaren Vale In wine tasting country now Simon is in his element. Went to Chapel Hill, Samuel Gorge and Chalk Hill vineyards. I was the designated driver, surprise, surprise. Saw a lovely koala at Chapel Hill vineyard, There are vineyards everywhere. Luckily for us the Chalk Hill one was next to the caravan park so […]
Ulverstone
Ulverstone Our last days in Tasmania spent here, lovely beach walks. They have this very weird clock tower in the middle of the town which was built by Slovenian migrants it was opened in 1954. Each column represents the Army, Navy and Air Force. Above it is an eternal flame that glows red each evening. […]