Category Archives: Australia, 2010-11

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →