Go West, Day 10 – Cocklebiddy

April 12, 2020April 8, 2020 Itching for Hitching

Day 10 Monday 16th March 2015 Nullarbor Road House to Cocklebiddy We were woken about 5:00am to strong winds, lightning and big plopping rains that wash some of the dirt off the rig. Dramatically the storm quickly passes east across the plain. With tears in our eyes we farewell Veewee & Tillie who are heading home to sort things out. We will miss Veewee’s companionship and wit and Tillie’s big slurpy kisses. Travel safely and get back on the road again soon guys. For the caravanners reading this, the Nullarbor Road House provided us with a great spot for the … Continue reading Go West, Day 10 – Cocklebiddy

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Go West, Day 9 – Nullarbor

April 11, 2020April 7, 2020 Itching for Hitching

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

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Go West, Day 8 – Penong

April 10, 2020April 7, 2020 Itching for Hitching

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

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Go West, Day 7 – Pildapppa Rock

April 9, 2020April 5, 2020 Itching for Hitching

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

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Go West, Day 6 – Pildappa Rock

April 8, 2020April 5, 2020 Itching for Hitching

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

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Go West, Day 5 – Port Augusta

April 7, 2020April 5, 2020 Itching for Hitching

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

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Go West, Day 4 – Burra Gorge

April 6, 2020April 3, 2020 Itching for Hitching

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

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There’s nothing modern about breakfast meetings

February 9, 2020February 5, 2020 Itching for Hitching

Encounter Bay, SA was named for the surprise meeting in 1802 of the explorers Matthew Flinders in the Investigator and Nicholas Baudin and his crew of Le Geographe. English navigator 28 year old Matthew Flinders was charged with the task … Continue reading There’s nothing modern about breakfast meetings

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Legacies

January 15, 2020 Itching for Hitching

March 2018, Adelaide, SA We get an early start so that we can visit the Adelaide Central Markets. It seems to be a popular spot for breakfast and we manage to snare a table at Lucia’s Pizza & Spaghetti for a hearty breakfast. We buy Kessler chops and Weisswurst from Barossa Fine Foods. The rain starts to drizzle again and it is quite muggy. We take a drive along the beachside suburbs admiring the houses. Polling booths are busy with voters queueing for the state elections and volunteers are cooking sausages. Every power pole supports one or more Coreflute election … Continue reading Legacies

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What, 4 degrees out?!

December 16, 2019December 12, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Mar 2018, Adelaide, SA I don’t know about you, but when we’re on a caravan park concrete slab we don’t bother to check if we’re level. We just assume that the slab is perfect and they normally are. Except one night in Adelaide camped only a few vans from the beach, when I got up to go to the bathroom and… walked into the fridge. I’m quite sure that the slab was level when it was laid but nature and the sand had other plans. Great spot though! Continue reading What, 4 degrees out?!