I've always claimed that the best beaches in Australia are in Western Australia, but I thought that I was probably biased since it is my home state. When we camped at Munglinup Beach to the west of Esperance, however, I was certain that my claim was true. The beach is just beautiful, and on our [...]
We left Parham with a long drive ahead of us. Today, we were aiming to get to Whyalla on the other side of the Spencer Gulf, which required driving all of the way north to the top of the gulf before we could head down again. Making an early start, we stuck to the main [...]
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you will know all about my love of hiking and bush walking. I was contacted recently by a publisher of a new bush walking book – Top Walks in New South Wales by Ken Eastwood, and was offered a copy to review. It sounded right [...]
When we left our campsite one cool morning in Eden Valley, South Australia, we were excited. It was wine tasting time again! Today we were heading to the Barossa Valley, Australia’s premier wine growing region. We had gone a little overboard when we were in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, and since we [...]
Right on the border with South Australia, the tiny town of Eucla sits in the middle of nowhere right in the South-Eastern corner of Western Australia. The town basically came into existence due to it's important location on the old telegraph line that ran from Albany to Adelaide in the late 1800's. The telegraph line [...]
We had spent our first night in South Australia in the small town of Tantanoola to the west of Mount Gambier, giving us an odd introduction to the state. Today we would have a long drive along the Coorong before heading up into the back of the Adelaide Hills. This part of the state seems [...]
Right near the top of the Spencer Gulf in South Australia, the land is quite barren, with the city of Whyalla receiving around 300 days of sunshine every year. The coastline in the area is very beautiful, and we camped for the night out on Point Lowly with this view from our camping spot. It [...]
Having just driven the Great Ocean Road, I didn't think that any other piece of coastline would impress me, however the beauty only continued as we headed west through Portland. The small city of Portland was actually the very first settlement to be established in Victoria, Australia, around one year before Melbourne was founded. Located [...]
When we first decided to travel around Australia in a camper van, one of the places that I wanted to see the most was the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. Running 243km from Torquay to Warrnambool on the south coast, the Great Ocean Road is one of Australia's most popular tourist attractions, and for very [...]
Today is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand, a public holiday to mark the anniversary of the terrible and futile Gallipoli Landing during the First World War, where over 11,000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers died, all basically for nothing. The day was created in Australia to honor the 60,000 soldiers who died during [...]
