We decided not to stay the full distance in the Innes National Park, the weather was far too hot and dry and our camping conditions were far from ideal. We decided we needed a place with a little more sophistication and luxury so we packed up and drove to the Barossa Valley. It was the right day to leave for this for this … Continue reading →
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 →
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 started the day with our usual routine of the shops and then prepared a backpack to walk the trails to the north of the island. We would try and cover all the northern tracks we could. The walk to North Bay meant passing through the Kentia palm forests over the hill from our motel. We briefly stopped at North … Continue reading →
We drove into the quite secret car park, and although it wasn’t full people were starting to fight for car parks. I was over taken by that awful feeling of no going back that you get when they bring the steel harness down over you in the roller coaster. Oh God what have we done.
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