Monthly Archives: January 2011

I’d asked at the information desk if it would be ok to take our motorhome across the Brachina Gorge Road.  “Yes, it’s wide enough,” was the response of the attendant.  She failed to mention how rough it was!  It is … Continue reading →

Once again today we hiked in the morning before it got too hot.  We walked to the Old Wilpena Station, though there isn’t really a trail to it that is marked from the information booth so we just followed the … Continue reading →

We hiked this morning to the Hill Homestead and then up to Wangara Lookout which looks out over Wilpena Pound.  Wilpena Pound is an interesting geological feature, a large plain that is completely surrounded by mountains.  The name “pound” came … Continue reading →

We left Port Augusta this morning and drove north towards Flinders Ranges National Park.  The Flinders Ranges are the highest mountains in South Australia, though at only 1170 m, not really very high.  Much of the drive is through pastoral … Continue reading →

We posted yesterdays blog just before supper.  By the time we’d completed supper it was starting to get warm in our motorhome.  I checked the air conditioner and it didn’t seem like it was giving us any cool air.  Within half … Continue reading →

We drove today to the “Opal Mining Capital” of the world.  About 70% of the world’s opal is mined here at Coober Pedy.  It is small scale mining, using small equipment.  They dig down into the sandstone rock, then vacuum … Continue reading →

Well, we wanted it warm and dry and it certainly is.  It was 38C when we arrived here today.  We drove north into the arid region of South Australia today.  At first we were in agricultural country with large grain … Continue reading →

We packed up in the rain.  I wore only my shorts and sandals as it was pouring rain as we did so, and I was very wet by the time I was finished.  We drove through rain for several hours, … Continue reading →

Once again we are going to have to change our travel plans because of the weather (read rain and more rain).  We had planned to travel around the border area between New South Wales and Victoria, camping along the Murrumbidgee and … Continue reading →

It was incredibly windy during the night, and about 1:00 am I gave up on trying to keep our refirgerator running on gas, so switched it over to battery.  I relit it about 4 am as it had calmed somewhat, … Continue reading →