AUSTRALIA | Friday, 24 Nov 2023 | Photo Gallery
Murray Bridge to Robe
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 23 Nov 2023 | Views [66]
THE 5K TURKEY TROT HAS BECOME A Thanksgiving tradition for some in the US, an excuse to overindulge later in the day. There are no turkeys trotting Down Under so we decided on a walk in the woods instead and a chance to find a Purple-Crowned Lorikeet.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 22 Nov 2023 | Views [83]
IF OUR ACCOMMODATIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE at this rate they’ll rival Mar-A-Lago by the time we reach Melbourne! Christie’s Beach comes with everything except good weather—three bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms, a great kitchen and even ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 20 Nov 2023 | Views [72]
THERE ARE SEVERAL BIRDING “HOTSPOTS” not far from our base in Adelaide. Not all were easy to find, Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary was barely accessible and Barker Inlet Wetlands along side the busy M2 highway was most definitely urban.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 19 Nov 2023 | Views [109]
WE ARE BACK TO CIVILIZATION, for whatever that’s worth. Both Ports Augusta and Lincoln are actually small towns with fewer than 12,500 residents and hardly count. Now Adelaide, where we are resting our heads, is a real city! One point three million! ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 16 Nov 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 15 Nov 2023 | Views [68]
UNLIKE WELL-MANNERED CHILDREN some birds prefer to be heard and not seen. This is especially true for the Western Whipbird, one of Australia’s rarest. We spent two chilly mornings hiking around Lincoln National Park alternately playing the call ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 12 Nov 2023 | Views [67]
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 [63]
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 [60]
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 [67]
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 [63]
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 [72]
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 [61]
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 [79]
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 [66]
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 [82]
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 >
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