One Small Lap
Day 13
Up at 7 as we need to packup and be at the visitor’s centre by 7:45 ready for the 8am Lunette Tour. You’re only allowed on the viewing platforms when self-guided, but on the tours they take you down on the dunes and you can wander around and have look up close.
Continue reading “Day 13 & 14 – Mungo National Park to Condobolin, Home and post trip Summary”
A warm windy morning and we hit the road at 8.
Up through Kooranda, Berri and we finally stop in Renmark for an early lunch, my last S.A. Pastie and probably the best.
Continue reading “Day 12 – Tailem Bend to Mungo National Park”
A good night’s sleep. We pack up and drive the short distance back to Robe. As we’re so close to Robe we forgo breakfast and coffee at camp and will get something in town. It could be my imagination, but somehow I think George’s was packed up quicker than normal.
Continue reading “Day 10 – Robe to Coorong”
We get a couple of early loads of washing on, so with a contingency of clean clothes we’re not out of the van park till around 9:30, we don’t get far as we only head into town to get a late breakie. After entering the packed café on the water front, we head to the bakery up the street. I convince the guys to try a Pastie, I shouldn’t have. It wasn’t that they where bad exactly, just the most unusual pastie I think I’ve had. The ultra thick shortcrust pastry was a bit much, and the filling would have been more at home in a pie, really odd!
Continue reading “Day 9 – Beachport to Robe”
Well today we got our kiesters kicked, well and truly…. but the fun was to come…..
A much better night sleep for everyone, it was much better protected from the wind here.
Continue reading “Day 8 – Beach – 1, Darren, Doug and George – 0”
Wow was it windy overnight. My awning seemed to cope, although it was making lots of noise, Georges had some issues and Doug needed to make some adjustments.
It also rained, not a lot, but it seems it must have been sideways rain, so the swags, particularly George’s is a bit wet.
Continue reading “Day 7 – Port MacDonnell to Canunda National Park”
A good night’s sleep. There’s been a big dew overnight so the swags are a little damp, but it doesn’t take them long to dry in the sun.
We pull out around 10 and head for Hamilton. Lunch, Fuel, a bit of shopping and we start heading towards Port MacDonnell and the Beach
Continue reading “Day 6 – Grampians to Port MacDonnell”
Boy was it a windy night. Chairs got blown over, and around 4am I could see the car awning ….that was such a good idea at 2pm yesterday…. is flapping about and one of the guy ropes appears loose. Nothing for it but to pack it away, not a pleasant job at 4am. It nearly got away from me, but was OK in the end.
Continue reading “Day 5 – Grampians”
We’ll as the day started early and we’re in a motel we get away pretty quickly. We top up the fuel and water tanks in town and start heading south. We make for Mt Zero at the top of the Grampians. It’s a bit of a hike up to the mountain, so we continue on. We follow Pohlners road, it’s dirt, but not really very difficult driving and a 2wd could do it easy. We wonder when the decent tracks will start. Fortunately, we don’t need to wait long….
Continue reading “Day 4 Horsham to The Grampians”
Where do I start?
We get up around 7ish, and to protect the privacy, I’ll just say “one of us” has a medical condition that needs looking. Not life threating, no one did anything stupid, but it just needs to be checked.
Continue reading “Day 3 – Yep!”