Dec 19, 2012 - Glenelg to Portland Victoria via Wellington & Kingston & Mt Gambier

Day 25 Wk 4 Wed. We left Glenelg at 7:35 and we had a long day planned. We did not plan well as we forgot to enter the right setting in the Navman and ended up going through Clarendon instead of entering the Southern Freeway to head south east to Tailem Bend. But we stopped and purchased a fabulous Cornish Pastie (Steph), Sausage Roll (Dave) and a Banana Caramel Cream(Benoffie Pie) and Apple Crumble Custard pie, at the Clarendon Bakery. It is still very pretty through this area, and well worth the delay. We did not go into Tailem Bend as...

May 22, 2012 - Mt Gambier still

Wind, wind and more wind. Almost cyclonic, well gale force anyway. Just helped the guy next door put up his roll out awning. Huge gust came and nearly took it and me with it. Not a pleasant day to be out and about, but we did brave it for s few hours. Visited the Sunken gardens, Cave garden and the crater lakes. As I said ,not a nice day, so we didn't do a lot of walking around today. As I write, it is 4.00pm and Di has just put on a pot of soup. As it is beer o'clock, that's exactly what I'm going to do. PS The battery in the camera went...

May 22, 2012 - Mount Gambier

T'Ann, odometer reading this morning was 86699kms. A bit warmer last night, but woke to a very cold wind blowing off the lake this morning. Heading to Mount Gambier along the "Limestone Coast" today. The trip will take us into Kingston and then into Robe where we had lunch. Next stop Beachport. Di fell in love with this place. Rugged coastline, rough seas and beautiful views. On to Millicent, which was a bigger town than we expected. First time on our trip that I had to use the windsceen wipers today. Not a lot of rain, but we seemed to...

Sep 26, 2011 - Aus - Day 145 - Tiger & Brown Snakes & Blue Volcanic Lake

We took a 3km walk around the Wet Land reserve this morning. Not a lot of bird species around at all, it must be the time of year, it's early spring so we're guessing that's why the lack of wild life is not so abundant here. The walk was great, it offered a view of a large wet land that is home to numerous amounts of birds and snakes. Along our walk to the lookout hut we came across a snake basking in the sun on the side of the path, I spotted it right away but Jason was photographing a baby duck in the water and almost stepped on the...

Sep 18, 2011 - Mt. Gambier, South Australia

Between Warrnambool and Mount Gambier is the border between the states of Victoria where Melbourne is located and South Australia where Adelaide is located. As we were nearing the border between the two states, we started seeing signs that said that no fresh fruit or vegetables could be brought in to the state of South Australia and had to be disposed of before crossing the border or you would be subject to fines and jail. As we normally have fruit with us when we travel by car, we stopped by the roadside to have a quick snack of fruit...

Aug 20, 2011 - Adelaide to Mount Gambier

We left Adelaide on Friday after spending longer than expected due to car problems (hopefully all is OK now). The last time we were in Mt Gambier was over 40 years ago and neither of us can remember much about it. Maybe that is not so surprising as we were on our honeymoon or maybe it is simply that we just can't remember especially considering we are 40 years older now!!! We are staying at Kalganyi Holiday Park, which is located 3 kilometres north of the city. Cost $30 A2 powered site or $27 if a Top Tourist member. The grounds have a...

Jul 3, 2011 - Mount Gambier to home

This is a very belated conclusion to the story of our South Australian adventure and I'll really have to put my thinking cap on to remember all we've seen in the last few weeks. We enjoyed our look around Mount Gambier and surrounding area, there is lots to see and the Information Centre was really worth spending time in with numerous displays of times past and present. I even found some information on a Sturt ancestor. The famed Blue Lake isn't as eye catching as it is in the summer time, its waters were more grey than blue, apparently...

Jun 6, 2011 - Almost into Victoria

Quite a few more miles have been travelled so I'll really have to think about where we've been. While we were in Adelaide we caught up with a friend we haven't seen for 40 years. We first met Theo and her husband Wally while we were in Malaysia in 1967/69, such a long time ago, and we've kept in touch ever since, unfortunately Wally died about 3 years ago. We spent a great few hours with Theo hearing about family etc., and relating stories of our own. Other days were spent either driving or walking around the city sightseeing. We visited...

May 2, 2011 - Limestone Coast Road Trip

Today we did a road trip along the limestone coast having spent the night in Kingston. This was not our favourite place as it seems to shut at 6.30pm and we had to make do with a sandwich from the garage rather than the nice dinner we had been expecting. First we drove to a place called Robe and took photos on the beach and used the internet at the local library. (Admin waits for no man or woman). Following this we drove through some stunning scenery to a place called Millicent. In a strange decision we decided to raid the local cheap...

Mar 15, 2011 - Days 36 - 37 UPDATE NOTES

Hi All, Still travelling and having fun but Victoria is providing some cold weather. We are told it unseasonably cold for the state. Luckily for us all the days when we really wanted nice sunny days we have had them especially the day we drove down what is called The Great Ocean Road. We are now in South Australia, well only just, as we are in Mt Gambier at the bottom near the Victorian Border but we are now moving north hopefully to warmer weather. On the way here we stopped at Geelong to look around saw the famous surfing Bells Beach and...

Nov 22, 2010 - Mount Gambier

17th November. We left Robe and headed for Mount Gambier, once again we travelled through farmland and the beginning the timber belt (pine trees are grown in vast quantities in these parts) we arrived at Mount Gambier and decided to stay at Kalganyi CP quite nice, a small C.P. we decided to have a bay with an en suite, what a luxury to be able to spread out a bit, without trying to get dressed in small spaces. We booked in for three nights. After we settled in we went and had a look around town, which is large. Mt. Gambier is very lucky to...

Nov 19, 2010 - Mount Gambier

As we left Adelaide and meandered through the Adelaide Hills, the higher we got so did the moisture in the air. We headed down to Murray Bridge for morning tea by the river it got warmer, then through Tailem Bend and onto Gemini Downs Holiday Centre at Salt Creek for a 1 night stay. Monday we drove through Kingston and had a photo at the big Lobster then onto Robe for a couple of nights. Tuesday we drove down to Millicent about 85ks towards MT Gambier, on the way back we called into some nice little beachside towns such as Southend and...