Our kids have flown the nest and now its our time to travel throughout the beautiful country we were born and had the privilege of growing up in, and see and explore places we have never been. Australia has to be the best country on the planet – its a big place and in our breaks from work we want to see as much as we can!
Rained most of the night in Mount Gambier We were hoping it wouldn’t rain on our last night in Mount Gambier. This meant we had to pack up our gear in the wet and dry it out when we got home. The only positive is that its amazing how quickly you can pack up when … Read more
A good starting point to finding out what to do when you visit somewhere new is to go to the visitor centre. The Lady Nelson visitor centre in Mount Gambier has some great resources and very helpful staff. There are shelves of brochures and a walk through display at this centre. It’s all really well … Read more
We had breakfast and packed up the tent in Hahndorf and headed towards our next destination of Mount Gambier. On the way we were planning to go via the beach for part of the way. The big 4 caravan park at Hahndorf has got great facilities. They monitor visitors to the park, you have a … Read more
We cooked up pancakes for breakfast on our cook-top at the Hahndorf caravan park. Bit of a fail. ( light and fluffy but black!) We used pancake parlour mix and added milk as directed to make the batter. The cook-top was way too hot and cooked them too quick. We decided that next time we … Read more
We really enjoyed our stay at the Wilpena Pound Resort campsite. It was low season and very hot the whole time we were there. We used the tent as a base to sleep and the car as an air conditioner and the 43 degree heat didn’t really bother us! It did cool down at night ( … Read more
Arkaroo Rock aboriginal cave paintings Arkaroo Rock is a short drive from Wilpena Pound about 17 km south of Wilpena on Hawker Road. We set out to do this walk on a sticky, overcast, humid day. It was much cooler than the previous days however the humidity made it feel sticky. We had plenty of water in … Read more
Sacred Canyon aboriginal engraving site We went to ask the guys at the Wilpena Pound Resort information desk for ideas on what to do after seeing Blinman, and the Gorges the day before. The suggestion was to checkout Sacred Canyon which had some aboriginal rock engravings to look at. Sacred Canyon is a short drive from Wilpena … Read more
We had no plans for the day and after breakfast headed to the information desk at Wilpena Pound resort and asked the guys there for some ideas. We were given a map with Hucks Lookout and Stokes Hill Lookout marked on it and were told that there were fantastic views. We stopped and got out and … Read more
Camping Rookie mistake number one We had had a great sleep as we were so tired from all the driving, excitement and heat of the first day of our travels. We awoke at 7am to the sound of rain dripping on the tent. There had been a chance of shower late morning predicted in the weather forecast … Read more
It was with great excitement David and I woke up had breakfast and did our final pack of the car for our first camping trip ( at a mature age) by ourselves. Our destination was Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges in South Australia and we planned on staying there a few nights then driving back via … Read more
Melbourne to Wilpena Pound My parents had done a road trip to Wilpena Pound and raved about the beauty. There were old buildings and beautiful scenery the whole way. We were looking for a memorable scenic trip as our first real camping trip so this was going to be our destination. We had also heard … Read more