Kev and Chris Waterhouse
Leaving Cowell we headed up through Port Augusta then through the Southern Flinders Ranges towards Peterborough. Loved the drive along the winding road through the ranges, very pretty. Stayed at the RV camp at Peterborough for the night. Peterborough has a rich Railway History with museums and Displays throughout the town.We were going to have… Read More »
While in Smoky Bay we met up with some friends Darren and Kath. Went exploring with these guys up to Point Brown and the Rock Pools where the boys dropped a line in the water ( didn’t catch anything but we had great fun together ). We drove further on to Acraman Creek just to… Read More »
We arrived at Smoky Bay on Kevs Birthday, so first on the agenda was visit the Oyster Sheds and get him 5 doz oysters. Happy Birthday Kev !!!! The guys at the oyster shed were happy for us to get some footage of their workshop. The sorting machines are amazing, the oysters go along the… Read More »
Before leaving Farm Beach we took a drive to Gallipoli Beach.It is 4 kms up from Farm Beach. Deciding to take the scrub track (which is 4WD only) we headed off taking an hour to get there. This so called track is not used very often so we found out, its very sandy with twists… Read More »
After leaving Arno Bay we headed to a small camp site at Louth Bay. Here there is only about 8 camp sites, it wasn’t busy so we planned to stay here for a few days. An honesty box has been set up at the toilet block ( $10 per night). At Louth Bay there is… Read More »
After leaving Mildura we had to stop at the NSW/SA border Quarentine Station where a lovely lady checked our car and van for fruit. All good as we had used up all our fruit before hand. Renmark was the next town so replenishing our fruit and veg we moved on to take the Ferry across… Read More »
Stopped just outside of a little place called Murabit at Gonn Crossing a little free camp. We camped here for 2 nights, had lovely small fires on the bank of the Murray and cooked in the camp oven. While there we met the principal of the Murabit school who told us a little about the… Read More »
After leaving Cobar , we headed south once more turning off at Mt Hope and on to Lake Cargelligo Weir on the Lachlan River. To get to the weir it is dirt road and very dusty but to us it is worth it. Finding a lovely spot we set up and threw the yabbie pots… Read More »
We travelled through Brewarrina on to Bourke. Bourke is on the Darling river and was once a major Trading Post and River Port. The wharf has many levels to cater for the rising or lowering of the flood waters. In town most of the businesses have metal shutters over their windows and doors (which indicated… Read More »
This morning we left Nindigully on our way to Lightning Ridge. We had to stop at Thallon to see the spectacular Silo Art. Beautiful work !!!! We pulled over in Dirranbandi where there is a tribute to The Light Horse Brigade in the towns small park. Next stop was the Hebel Pub, of course we… Read More »
