This afternoon we arrived at Mount Schank. Mount Schank is an inactive maar volcano in the south-east of South Australia, near Mount Gambier. We will spend the night here and…
Read MoreRetirementontour Blog
Kingston – South Australia
Our winter tour of Southern South Australia continues with a visit to Kingston a crayfishing port at the southeastern end of Encounter Bay and the Coorong some 297 km southeast…
Read MoreNangwarry Forrest
Camped at the Penola Forest Information Stop, 4 kms north of Nangwarry, where we just bought a house this morning! This is a quiet picnic area, information on forestry in…
Read MoreSheepvention Hamilton Victoria
Had an interesting day at the Hamilton Sheepvention. This show is unusual in that it is held on a Monday and Tuesday and not over a weekend.We enjoyed watching the…
Read MoreClimbing to the Summit of Bald Rock – Northern NSW
A vey pleasant climb to the top of Bald Rock in the Bald Rock National Park. The Bald Rock Summit walking track takes you up to the largest granite rock…
Read MoreDalveen South Queensland
The hamlet of Dalveen is 10-25 minutes north of Stanthorpe on the New England Highway, or via the ‘Fruit Run’ Granite Tourist Drive. This is an area with lots of…
Read MoreHumpty Doo to West Alligator Head Kakadu
Humpty Doo to Kakadu 5th – 7th October 2012 Bark Hut Inn Friday 5th October 2012 Late afternoon we packed the caravan and hitched it up to our Navarra and…
Read MoreChannel Island Leper Colony, Beach and Conservation Park
We are still in Darwin and expect to be here until the end of December while Steven is doing some contract work for Airnorth. Today we needed to get outside…
Read MoreEast MacDonnell Ranges & Trephina Gorge
Trephina Gorge We have decided to stay in Alice Springs for a couple of days and explore some of the area we have not seen before. Trephina Gorge caught our…
Read MoreWoomera SA to Henley Meteor Craters – Northern Territory
Desert landscape Nth of Woomera We departed Woomera at 9am, filled up with fuel at Spuds Roadhouse (Diesel $1.76). Good day today just cruising up the Stuart Highway past lake…
Read More