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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Robe, South Australia
It was a very hot morning. After showering in the none-too-clean showers at the Gemini Downs campsite, we drove to 42 mile crossing. This is a rough dirt road about 3 km in from the highway. At this point a … Continue reading
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Gemini Downs at Salt Creek, South Australia
Today was again another travel day as we moved closer to the Limestone Coast south of Adelaide. We left early this morning and were into Adelaide by shortly after 9 am. We refueled at a service station on the outskirts … Continue reading
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Snowtown, South Australia
Despite its name, there has probably never been any snow here. We are in a very small caravan park, really just a town campsite with a couple of places to park, though it does have power, water, toilets and showers, and is … Continue reading
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Streaky Bay
Perhaps it is our prairie roots that draw us to the sea. Both Enid and I, like the prairie boys that joined the navy in large numbers during World War II, find it fascinating to watch. Maybe it is in part … Continue reading
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Port Elliston
We began our travel today by driving to Point Avoid, the southern tip of Coffin Bay National Park. It is easy to see why Matthew Flinders named it so on his voyage around Australia in 1802. It is an extremely rugged … Continue reading
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Australia Day
Today, January 26, is Australia Day and a holiday. It is the anniversary of the first landing of British convicts in Australia. For us it was a day to explore the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula as we left … Continue reading
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Yachties Beach
It was a very nice morning, some scattered cloud, but mostly sunny and a pleasant temperature. We walked south to Yachties Beach, and beyond, a total round trip of 13.6 km, stopping for lunch at the end of a very … Continue reading
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Donington Point Walk
It was very cloudy this morning, and barely spit some rain. Enid and I both read. By noon it started to clear so we walked the 6.7 km loop around Darlington Point, past the lighthouse, down by the beach on … Continue reading
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September Beach-Lincoln National Park
I awoke early this morning and walked north along the beach at Port Gibbon to see if I could video the rosey gallahs which live along the cliff. The tide was in, so I only had a few metres of … Continue reading
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Port Gibbon
We are back on the ocean tonight. It has been a while as we last were on the ocean in Nambucca Heads on December 13. It was cooler in Port Augusta last night compared to up north in the Flinders Ranges, … Continue reading
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