Author Archives: Russ

it is a long way from the bottom of the Eyre Peninsula to Uluru so we decided to have big first day of 585 Km and then a couple more of around 400 Km and then a final 320 Km … Continue reading →

On our second last day at Lincoln National Park we headed across the Peninsula to Coffin Bay National Park where Marg and I had camped in 2001 after we left our camp at Memory Cove.  There are several campgrounds in … Continue reading →

The bottom section of Lincoln National Park is the Memory Cove wilderness area so called because of the small bay – Memory Cove – which is in the wilderness area. In 1802 Mathew Flinders was looking for a place to … Continue reading →

We had a big drive of 480 Km on Sunday from Morgan to Colwell which is on the west coast of the Spencer Gulf on the Eyre Peninsula. Most of the country we travelled through had been cleared for farming … Continue reading →

Deen and I set off for a 5-1/2 week holiday to the Eyre Peninsula and Central Australia on my birthday, May 12th. We are so looking forward to the trip as we have booked this trip three times in the … Continue reading →

It is so good to have a GPS to guide you through Sydney, especially when you travel alone, I use two, a Garmin and the inbuilt one. They come up with different routes at times so I follow the shortest … Continue reading →

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You can subscribe to receive an email each time that I publish a new blog, just enter your email address in the box and click subscribe I decided to skip an overnight stop and made the 575 Km trip from … Continue reading →

The drive from Tenterfield to Evans Head crossed over the Great Dividing Range. It was a very windy road but generally dropping down to the coast. Lots of road works along the way repairing significant damage from the constant heavy … Continue reading →

On the way to Tenterfield I went through Texas where there was a water tank with artwork. Not the greatest but still worth stopping. I was lucky as a worker opened a gate to drive into the depot so I … Continue reading →

I was pleased to be leaving Coolah, it hardly stopped raining while I was there and the caravan park was muddy, lots of pools of water, an ancient toilet block, a blocked toilet, no camp kitchen, not good. For example, … Continue reading →