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Adelaide to Ballarat

Hi once again we are now in Ballarat and this will be my last entry, into this blog for a while we have now traveled AROUND OZ and have seen so many places and met so many people and it has been absolutely great we have enjoyed the travel immensely, but before I start the tears I had better fill in the last part of our trip and what we have been up to.

Adelaide we arrived and stayed for 4 Days the weather still being in the 40ties and finishing with the 20ties by the time we left, during our stay, we visited friends in Little Hampton which was great and visited Handorf , the place has changed and realy is no longer a Germanic attraction, although they are trying to keep it that way, did manage to have a lunch of German sausages and Bianka had Kassler so we went away happy otherwise Adelaide was a clean up stay.

Next stop Robe Robe CP now this was a nice seaside town and in the summer is be great place to be, has nice beaches, and the CP is nice too, stayed 3 days and than of to Mount Gambier for another stay of 3 days more or less to kill time but we visited the Blue Lake The Umpherstone Sink Hole when you enter Mount GambierPort MacDonald The Flies not to bad but we have seen thousands morewent to Dartmouth as the carvings where well worth seeing, especial the carved Fairy Tale Tree.

Visited the town off Nelson had lunch so our stay in Mount Gambier The Green Lake was nice despite the rain we had for the days we where there.

Warnambool next for another 3 nights where Bianka went shopping and I polished the Caravan which now looks almost as new, we did have a wander around here but not much else.

So we arrived at Ballarat 2 days ago and I am putting this together as our last part of the trip.

I would like to thank all those who have been following our Blog and travel with us and hope to see you again next year when Bianka and I will hopefully travell once again.

Have a great Xmas and New Year and travel safely

Bianka & Sig
4 Dec 2009

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Norseman to Adelaide across the Nullarbor.

This will be a short blog as we traveled more and did not stop at too many places.

Leaving Norseman early in the morning with the temperature already at 30 we headed East onto the Eyre Highwaywith the intentions of a few free-camps on the way but it was not to be, the weather climbed to the mid 40ties and wind gust of up to 40+ Km and very unpleasant, the wind luckily was mostly from the north so we only had to contend with side winds and with the air-conditioner running we drove till around 5.30 in the afternoon, we stayed at Jillah Rock hole free-camp for the night just before Mundrabilla roadhouse, at the Wa/SA border here there is no fruit fly check so we had a few more hours to finish of the fruit we still carried and Bianka cooked a few vegetables.

Next day we traveled through to Uecla
with a stop at Cathula pass lookout, stopped for a look at the Marine park where the whales congregate May to Octoberas the weather and wind was still bad down went the foot an we traveled right through (this cocky is half way) Bianka Driving the Nullurbor At the end of the Nullurbor a certificate to prove you have driven the Eyre Highway than Wyalla we stayed for 2 nights to recover, boy did we have some bad luck with the wind here.

Let me explain the CP was on the beach and prices where back into the park $29 and beach front $34 we decided to take a site back in the park once we looked at the site yuk so we changed to beach front and it was nice at the time the wind and heat was coming down so set up complete all mof a sudden the wind turned to the south and wind sand and rain come in so for the next 2 nights it blew and blew and blew it got chilly at night and hot during the day but never ind we did some sightseeing anyway.

So after our time here we decided we would travel on to Adelaide and stay for 6 days where we are today

See you in our next and last blog for the year

Bianka & Sig

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Denham, (Monkey Mia),Kalbarri, Geralton, New Norcia, Freemantle, Margarat River, Albany & Norseman

Hi once again it has been a long time since my last keyboard action "due to time restrains laziness and no internet service" so this will be my catch up and I will start with the wild flowers of WA

When leaving Carnarvon we met up with Merl and Errol again and till this day have traveled together in convoy so to speak and long distances have been covered with some of the strongest head winds you can imagine but never mind it just tells you that from October till Christmas it is not worth being in WA due to the wind, have not had a swim since Carnarvon.

Denham ( note the wind)a nice little place and it is the gateway to Monkey Mia, MM a little overrated but we did see the Dolfins being fed by selected people , we visited the wind farms, Little Lagoon, the Peron Heritage Precinct and topped it of with Shell beach, now that is interesting to see Shells that are Melted togheter by sea and time up to 25+ meters deep so you can actuallycut it in blocks use it to for walls or statues etc.

then of f to Kalbarri with a stop in a freecamp next to a river and again met some other friends Pam and Russel, Kalbarri a very nice seaside township with great beaches (no swimming to windy, from here on I mention beaches( no swimming) Visited a number of great River Gorges here Red Bluff , Z Bend Natures Window, andLeaving our mark by placing a rock on the pile

Saw the Whales a number of times from some great vantage points.Had a great Dinner
Here I also fed the Pelicans we walked around the Island which we got to by boat

Kalbarri one could have stayed for a fortnight but we had to move on so on to Geralton ,it is a big city so it was off to see some of the sights the Cathedral Old Geralton Jail but the Highlight here was the HMAS SYDNEY Memorial spent 3nights here then off to New Norcia with a few free camps in between we stopped at Greenough village and its Leaning trees due to powerful winds they get here also the Wind farms are here.
Visited the Pinicals which are an awesome sight

New Norcia is a village started and built by 2 Monks a 100 years plus ago and and is still operational today here we stayed for one night and went to Vesper with the MonksOrgan with Black normal keys and White upper keys due to shortage in Ivory a 100 years agoMonks living quarters Sunday Mass Bianka and I were asked to take the Ceremonial wine and bread to the Monks who conducted the Service and to be truthful I was touched on both occasions and am glad we did this.

Abbey Beer a nice touch and taste
Lunch time and we headed for Perth were originally going to bypass but Bianka and I wanted to dine at the Freemantel Pier and we did also stopped of at Kings Park.Bianka with a friend in HarveyStory Telling in Harvey for the kids.

Over the next few days we travelled through Bunbury, Busselton Margaret River where we Tasted some cheese, toffee,Honey Comb and never entered a winery after seeing the prices they charge here Margeret river wines are cheaper in Woolworth.
From Kalbarri onward we were lucky enough to still see Wild Flowers although it is the back end of the season.
During this time we stayed at lots of free camps or national parks, most western southerly part of WA Whalpole the Water falls Trek note: Bianka on the Bridge and Trek the Treetop Walk in this area I climbed the Karri tree with a height of 61 Meters it was great.
Bianka and I a little way up the treeKarri trees

Lots of stops along the coast with places like Green Pool and the Elephant rocks and continually seeing wild Flowers then to Albany for a day, after this we did a lot of driving and travelled via Lerramungup (every place just about here has Up behind its name place, Ravensthorp, Esperance Bianka looking towards the north and Victoriaand now as I mentioned at the start we are in Norseman The Kettle tree After our look around here in Norseman, we decided to do a day trip to KalgoorlieBianka in a gold pot for poring gold


to visit an open cut gold mine and to visit the Miners Hall of Fame while there we watched the poring of gold interesting to see drove past the house of ill repute Bianka would not let me go to sample their wares ah well never mind We are now ready to do the right turn for the East tomorrow thursday,and that is for my next blog

See you B&S