Month: April 2020
Go West, Day 9 – Nullarbor
Day 9 Sunday 15th March 2015 Penong to Nullarbor Road House Green parrots chatter on our roof and I’m convinced that they’re tugging at cables. But Woody is engrossed in his book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo so he just mutters “yeah”. I leap naked about the bathroom banging on the ceiling to no avail. Hmm I wonder what will happen when next the TV doesn’t work? We leave early to visit Fowlers Bay just 20kms away. Veewee is about 20 mins ahead of us. The road is marked as bitumen but suddenly turns to badly corrugated dirt. We … Continue reading Go West, Day 9 – Nullarbor
Go West, Day 8 – Penong
Day 8 Saturday 14th March 2015 Pildappa Rock to Penong (Cohen School Site) We travel through wheat fields all the way to Ceduna. There isn’t a cloud in the sky and it is painfully bright without sunglasses. Ceduna is as … Continue reading Go West, Day 8 – Penong
Go West, Day 7 – Pildapppa Rock
Day 7 Friday 13th March 2015 Pildappa Rock It was cool overnight and we all slept like babies. I’m washing socks in the kitchen sink and gazing out across the wheat fields of the Eyre Peninsula while the others are down on their knees pumping up tyres to improve their fuel economy. There is an intricate granite guttering system encircling Pildappa rock to catch the rain runoff. On the top of the rock there are large round ‘gnamma’ rockholes that the Aboriginals once used as a water supply. We spend the day lazing about in the shade of the rock. … Continue reading Go West, Day 7 – Pildapppa Rock
Go West, Day 6 – Pildappa Rock
Day 6 Thursday 12th March 2015 Port Augusta to Pildappa Rock Now that the wind has stopped, I can appreciate the view across the inlet to the Flinders Ranges. It is a shame that the view is spoilt by a … Continue reading Go West, Day 6 – Pildappa Rock
Go West, Day 5 – Port Augusta
Day 5 Wednesday 11th March 2015 Burra to Port Augusta We breakfast in the sun, the sheep look like brown balls on the yellow hillsides. Burra is an historic copper mining town and is in heritage condition. There are lots … Continue reading Go West, Day 5 – Port Augusta
Go West, Day 4 – Burra Gorge
Day 4 Tuesday 10th March Mildura to Burra SA The Ollies water system has failed so Double or Nuthin changes the filter. We fill up with petrol and coffee and leave the oasis of Mildura for Renmark in South Australia. … Continue reading Go West, Day 4 – Burra Gorge
Go West, Day 3 – Mildura
Monday 9th March 2015 weather pleasant Charlton to Mildura A beautiful morning, with Veewee we leave the Ollies cooking a farewell breakfast for the family and head off to Mildura. Sea Lake is a quiet stop for morning tea and … Continue reading Go West, Day 3 – Mildura
Go West, Day 2 – Charlton
Day 2 Go West Sunday 8th March 2015 Charlton We wake to the smell of the Aussie bush. After walking around town looking at the houses, shops and the river the three of us try to attach Veewee’s new pole carrier to the underside of her new van. Of course, this may seem a simple task to most members of our caravan club but to us climbing Everest would have been easier. We take turns in rolling about under the chassis and groaning while Tillie leaps about giving dog assistance (not). Woody had left the clips from one end at … Continue reading Go West, Day 2 – Charlton
Where to now?
Where to now? That is the question. Like most people, we are confined to home or should I say we’ve been given a licence to veg out in front of our screens. When you look back at the times in … Continue reading Where to now?
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