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Uluru – Ayres Rock – The Red Heart Of Australia’s Outback
After the long drive along the first part of Route 87, Stuart Highway and the detour along the Lasseter Highway to Ayres Rock Resort. We arrived (thanks to daylight savings!) at 3.30pm with plenty of time to check in to … Continue reading
Route 87 – Stuart Highway – Adelaide to Alice Springs at 80km per hour!
Leaving Adelaide was bitter sweet, we have thoroughly enjoyed our time in Mclaren Vale thanks to our Wwoofing hosts Angie and Leon yet it was time to move on. Our next stop was Alice Springs via Uluru, Ayers Rock. Uluru … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelaide, Alice Springs, Australia, Mclaren Vale, Northern Territory, Outback, Stuart Highway, Uluru
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Wwoofing with Angie and Leon
For those of you who read my blog regularly will have noticed a gap in time! It is because we have been staying with Wwoofing hosts Angie and Leon on their farm. Wwoofing is an acronym for Willing Workers on … Continue reading
Adelaide Fringe Festival – Street Theatre Festival
Adelaide Fringe Festival 2011 was a spectacular affair and was well worth the visit into Adelaide to see it. We went in while the Adelaide Street Theatre Festival was running and spent most of our time watching these side events. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelaide, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Art, Fringe, Performing Arts, Space Cowboy, Theatre, Venues
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Tasty Cheese from Alexandrina Cheese Company
Based out on the Fleur Peninsula and winner of the Fleurieu Peninsula Tourism Award is the Alexandrina Cheese Company. From their 80 Jersey cows they produce their own range of delicious cheeses. They make all their cheeses onsite which means … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandrina, alexandrinacheese, Business and Economy, Cheddar cheese, Cheese, Dairy, Fleurieu Peninsula, Food, Fridays, Jersey cattle, Shopping
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South Australia’s Wine – Ballast Stone Estate – Cellar Door
Being in South Australia and especially since we are currently staying up above McLaren Valley we thought we should embark on a few tastings. With over 200 Cellar Doors in this region of South Australia, everywhere you go there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, cellar door, Food, Glossary of wine terms, McLaren, Mclaren Vale, Recreation, South Australia, travel, vinyards, Wine, winery
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Victor Harbor & The Granite Island
On the Fleurieu Way, Victor Harbor is a must on the places to stop and enjoy this part of South Australia. Encounter Bay is home to Granite Island which is connected to Victor Harbor by a 600 meter causeway. A … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Adelaide, Australia, Clydesdale (horse), Clydesdale-drawn, Encounter Bay, Fleur Peninsula, Fleurieu Way, Granite Island, Horse, Island, Mainland, Penguins, SA, SA Whale Centre, scenery, South Australia, tour, tram, travel, Victor Harbor, Victor Harbor South Australia, view, Whale, Whales
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Fleurieu Peninsula & Fleurieu Way
Winding along the South Australia coastline just south of Adelaide is the the Fleurieu Way. The Fleurieu Peninsula has many highlights including the wineries and seaside towns. Emily and I took a couple of days to drive through this scenic … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelaide, Australia, Backpacking, Barossa Valley, Cape Jarvis, Fleur Peninsula, Fleurieu Peninsula, Fleurieu Way, Gulf St Vincent, Kangaroo Island, Lookout, Oceania, Panorama, Photo, SA, scenery, South Australia, tourism, travel
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The Great Ocean Road – The Blue Lake – Mount Gambier
While finishing odd the Great Ocean Road we visited the Waworong Lookout up on the rim, looking down on The Blue Lake, just outside of Mount Gambier. Waworong Lookout gets its name from the aboriginal Booandik Tribe’s word for … Continue reading
The Great Ocean Road – London Bridge – Port Campbell National Park
London Bridge … has fallen down! The collapse of London Bridge was only a matter of time. One evening in January 1990 the main arch of the London Bridge collapsed, breaking it away from the mainland. Fotunately noone was injured … Continue reading
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Tagged 12, 2011 Attraction, Afternoon, Apostle (Christian), Apostles, Australia, beauty, Great Ocean Road, London, London Arch, London Bridge, Marine, National Parks, Places to visit, Port Campbell National Park, scenes, Sea, Technology, The Twelve Apostles, tourism, Twelve, Victoria
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