Now that we’ve been home a few days and worked our way through the unpacking and cleaning, we’ve had a chance to sit back and take stock of the ‘big trip’. What were the big expenses? (No prizes for guessing that one … fuel!) And did we really spend that much on … alcohol, bakeries…
Silo art road trips
Followers of our Roe’ving Australia blogs may recall that we’ve previously visited several silo art towns to date on this trip (think Northam, Albany and Ravensthorpe in Western Australia, and South Australia’s Tumby Bay, Cowell and Kimba). Well, we’re about to ratchet up the pace a bit, by exploring several Victorian silo art trails. Our…
Meandering along the mighty Murray River
It seems a long time since our last blog, back in South Australia’s Barossa Valley. And there’s no truth to the rumour that we are still there, slowly sampling our way through each and every winery! In fact, we’ve spent the last three weeks slowly meandering along Australia’s largest river, the mighty Murray. (We’ve also…
Eyre Peninsula and Barossa Valley
Eyre Peninsula Ceduna – The SA Quarantine Inspection Station and the end of the Nullarbor Links Golf Course So after finishing our journey across the Nullarbor, we arrived in Ceduna – but not before being stopped at the quarantine inspection station. The officer who checked out our van and car was very pleasant and we…
Nullarbor Links – Tackling the world’s longest golf course
How hard can it be to play a Par 72, 18 hole golf course spread over 15 different locations and more than 1,350 kms of desert? Always up for a challenge, John was keen to play the Nullarbor Links golf course as soon as we first heard about it. And so we factored five days…