Easter 2012 – Day 16
We decided on a leisurely day, taking in a few of the sites Mildura has to offer before going back to the camp for nibblies & Brendan to have a play & run around. We walked to the local bakery which is located behind the park, we had a nice breakfast consisting on either sausage…
Easter 2012 – Day 15
David studied the maps & looked up on the internet, while we had breakfast, to check for road closures in the area. There were plenty in the area! Once we had decided where we were going to go today – we are very organised! we packed up and left Broken Hill at around 10am, it…
Easter 2012 – Day 14
An early (well, not really early) morning trip to the tourist info centre for some maps & brochures on the area, is going to be a nice day , around 29 degrees. We left for Day Dream Mine tour located 33km from Broken Hill out towards the township of Silverton. The road was unsealed &…
Easter 2012 – Day 12
We started out for a day in the Barossa valley with uncle john acting as tour guide. we made our way out of the Adelaide hills first stopping at the world famous Jacobs Creek Winery, this is Australia’s biggest selling winery, the cellar door is very modern, and had bus loads of visitors coming thru,…
Easter 2012 – Day 11
We left for the McLaren Vale Winery area and arrived at Kangarilla Road Winery for the first winery tasting of the day, they produce both expected wines (Chardonnay, Shiraz & Cabernet Sauvignon) and unexpected wines (Sangiovese, Primitivo and Zinfandel). The winery was pretty, with lots of Vines around the estate, some of them very old.…
Easter 2012 – Day 10
After a leisurely breakfast, we decided to go into Adelaide for the day we visited Haigh’s chocolate factory – and did a tasting. lovely chocolate, of course we had to buy some! We drove around the city seeing the old buildings such as the art gallery, museum. Then drove thru the Botanic Gardens which had…
Easter 2012 – Day 9
Bye Bye Mount Gambier, we drove thru the Coonawarra wine area, we were too early to do any tasting though, and made our way further north to Naracoorte. Naracoorte is a world heritage fossil mammal site . It is recognised as one of the worlds most important fossil sites. We booked a guided tour of…
Easter 2012 – Day 8
We said goodbye to Warrnambool and Victoria headed to Mount Gambier in South Australia. We drove the inland route, and stayed on the Princes Highway We arrived at Mount Gambier fairly early &, booked into the big4 caravan site – booked a cabin this time. We emptied out all the stuff in the car and…
Easter 2012 – Day 7
It was overcast but thankfully not raining when we got up. We farewelled Apollo Bay and started out for a day travelling along the Great Ocean Road. We stopped at.. The Twelve Apostles – formidable giant rock stacks that rise majestically from the ocean Gibson’s Steps – you walk the 86 steps down to the…
Easter 2012–Day 6
We awoke to the unfortunate sound of rain – not a good sign, we don’t like packing up in the wet it is probably the worst thing that could happen when we camp. Brendan went around the tent blowing smoke – from the cold not because he was angry. After breakfast in the camp kitchen,…
