Trip: The World Part 4
There are [422] stories from my trip: The World Part 4
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 12 Nov 2023 | Views [91]
THE DRIVE DOWN THE EYRE PENINSULA from Port Augusta to Port Lincoln is about 350 kilometers and takes four hours for Australians, a bit longer for us out-of-towners. We got an early start and in less than an hour arrived at the turnoff for the Whyalla ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 11 Nov 2023 | Views [86]
THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN SOARING through the 80s and 90s and topped out at 108° on Friday. For you Celsius fans, that’s 42°C—¡mucho caliente! We got an early start, arriving at Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden right as the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 9 Nov 2023 | Photo Gallery
Port Augusta to Port Lincoln
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 9 Nov 2023 | Views [78]
OUR LODGING IN PORT AUGUSTA is a definite upgrade from the Waikerie garage—and it’s ten bucks cheaper! Costello Hotel has nine unique lovingly restored suites on the second floor with the original high ceilings, refinished wood floors and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 4 Nov 2023 | Views [92]
MALLEEFOWL ARE PERHAPS THE MOST ICONIC BIRDS in Gluepot and second to the Black-eared Miner as the most endangered. Malleefowl are large birds, growing to nearly two feet and weighing five pounds. Although they are strong flyers they rely more on their ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 3 Nov 2023 | Views [98]
WHY WAIKERIE? YOU ASK. According to the official town website, “Waikerie is a small, pleasant town sitting on the cliffs above the Murray River in the heart of South Australia's rich Riverland district."
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 2 Nov 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 2 Nov 2023 | Views [113]
WITH APOLOGIES TO GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS, we had to “ferry ‘cross the Murray”—there just isn’t a bridge at Waikerie. Instead, a vehicle-carrying cable ferry crosses to and fro twenty-four hours a day— hin und zuruck, ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 1 Nov 2023 | Views [110]
WILPENA POUND IS THE CENTERPIECE of the Park. Although it looks like a volcanic crater it is really a natural amphitheater formed by two mountain ranges. (Don't ask how, we're not geologists!) The more intrepid can hike or backpack to the rim, 13.5 km ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 31 Oct 2023 | Views [101]
THIS MORNING’S SUNRISE WAS SPECTACULAR, almost making the early start from Quorn to the Park seem like a good idea . About 100 KM of being alert for roos on the road later, we slowed to 20 mph while three hippity-hopped across the road ahead of ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 30 Oct 2023 | Views [95]
HAWKER BILLS ITSELF AS THE “Hub of the Flinders Ranges” and Windana Cottages is the perfect base for exploring the area. It actually rained on our way from Leigh Creek, not enough to measure but I did have to use the wipers—low intermittent ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 30 Oct 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 29 Oct 2023 | Views [103]
LEIGH CREEK WAS ONCE A BOOMING purpose-built mining town. It had a modern shopping centre, a series of neat modern roads and small, attractive plots of land with standard modern houses. Miners and their families enjoyed a social life enhanced by the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 27 Oct 2023 | Views [88]
UNDAUNTED, WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE of days checking out the more accessible birding sites. Creeping along on the “weenie-wheel” at sixty on a 110 KPH road hardly affects traffic—we generally see only two or three cars in a hundred ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 24 Oct 2023 | Views [89]
LESS THAN A WEEK INTO OUR OUTBACK adventure and we’ve already driven 700 miles, suffered a windscreen chip and had a puncture. We are settled into the “Historic Marree Hotel” on the edge of the Outback. We’re not really “... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 21 Oct 2023 | Views [98]
WE ARE BACK ON TERRA FIRMA again, arriving in Sydney Harbour on the 50 th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House. All the hassle getting Australian visas paid off as we sailed through immigration and customs without a hitch. We shared a taxi to ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 21 Oct 2023 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Monday, 16 Oct 2023 | Views [174]
COLERIDGE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD—just like the ditty “I joined the Navy to see the world. And what did I see? I saw the sea!” Except for stops in Honolulu and Papeete and Pago Pago, we didn’t see another ship until we neared ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 29 Sep 2023 | Views [128]
DESPITE EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY, we are not big fans of cruises. We generally take them as alternative transportation to flying or in order to reach out-of-the-way islands. Nevertheless, we’re off again, this time from San Francisco to Sydney ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023 | Photo Gallery
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