Category: Travel

Leaving camp, we headed up the street to check out the horse sculpture, Bonney, by daylight and also the eagle and then ventured out to a property on the outskirts where the original horse, Clyde, was located. He was pulling a 99 year-old scoop that had been patented by the sculptors grandfather in 1927. The…

****please if you comment, leave your name as mostly I can’t identify who is making comment**** A very windy night last night with camp setups being buffetted around. I think it sounded worse than it was. Lying awake listening to the wind howling in the hills and trees was pretty amazing. The Tvan was buffeted…

***please if you comment, leave your name as mostly I can’t identify who is making comment*** Out of the park today at about 9:45 and over to have a look at Morgan wharf area. From there we headed off for our day towards Eudunda where we checked out the silo art and then headed on…

****please if you comment, leave your name as mostly I can’t identify who is making comment**** A good meal at the pub last night and then home for showers, a bit of phaffing before early to bed. It was chilly but the new system of battery and inverter and the electric blanket, combined with a…

****please if you comment, leave your name as mostly I can’t identify who is making comment**** I woke about seven and decided I should stay up and tackle my GLa:D exercises which I managed to do by 8:30.Then we had a hickedly, pickedly breakfast and cup of tea. Slow pack up and then we’re headed…

We all seemed to fare fairly well last night – no one complaining of cold or lack of sleep. Up and about for breaky in the camp kitchen and then packed up, took a walk around Lake Marma and headed for the Stick Shed. The Stick Shed was an amazing feat of Bush engineering back…

We got away at 10:30 from my house and assumed our convoy down the freeway. Skipped weigh bridge and headed West through Melbourne, heavy traffic and plenty of rain.We gathered again at Ballan Service centre, had lunch and made some definite plans. The sun popped out through the rain at Beaufort. Lambs were gambolling in…

Prologue. An outback trip has been on the cards for a few months. We had a ‘meeting’ to find a common slot in all our schedules – mainly between overseas trips for some and other commitments. The a slot was late June into July. The original aim was a trip to finish the tail end…