It was sad to leave the Clare Valley, but Australia is a big country and we wanted to go as far south as we could in the time we had, to do that our next stop would the Innes National Park Yorke Peninsular South Australia. It was a very hot day, the outside temperature was 39 degrees, just before entering the York … Continue reading →
I had hopes of a better day than yesterday, and I only mean that in respect to my dreadful driving experience yesterday. The Clare Valley is inland in the North Eastern corner of South Australia, it is a grape growing district of note with more than 40 vineyards. The wineries lie along a narrow 40 kilometre corridor, between Auburn and Clare. The … Continue reading →
This is a day I will remember well, the road from Broken Hill through New South Wales to South Australia, is the Barrier Highway. The road is long and very straight, there is very little traffic on this road. The car we were doing this trip in was a 1998 Holden Berlina and was very cool. I was very proud of … Continue reading →
We got a self drive tour map from the information centre and proceeded to do the self drive tour of Broken Hill. The highlights were: 1.Kimtare Reserve at the beginning of the drive. This is an interesting insight into the mining culture; the head from the Kimtare Mine is worth a good look. 2.Joe Keenan Park is a good overview … Continue reading →
We headed to Broken Hill on the Silver City highway. About six kilometres from town, we turned off to look at the Peeri Sands. This collection of sand dunes are brilliant colours, reds and browns. This is a few hectares of dunes in the middle of nowhere. Almost no traffic was heading our way as we headed back on the … Continue reading →
