Barossa Valley – Noorioopta
Barossa Valley – Noorioopta Had an issue with the caravan. The fuse cover for the invertor started smoking, luckily Simon was in the van at the time so he quickly disconnected and got an auto electircian out to fix it. According to the auto electrician it happens all the time. Very worrying when sleeping on […]
Clare
Clare Back in wine country. Simon had his own personal chauffeur around the vineyards for his wine tastings. Lovely lunch in Skillogalee. Previous Next
Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln Stopped to see the steel works and the amazing circular jetty. The water was crystal clear. Previous Next
Coffin Bay
Coffin Bay Had to stop here to try the oysters and they were delicious. They even had emus in the middle of the town. Previous Next
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 […]