Monday 9 October 2017 On Monday morning we rose early with Ruby and drove to a local supermarket for picnic supplies. We continued on to the ABC where Ruby works and went inside with her to check out the office of Behind the News and meet some of the staff of this iconic Australian children’s…
Tag: South Australia
Vegans & botanic gardens
Sunday 8 October 2017 On Sunday morning we stumbled on a spring fair in a community centre located in Green Street, barely a block away from where Ruby and Rob were living. A cheerful gathering had convened there on a sunny morning to show off the shiny new facilities and the community garden. This consisted…
Barossa Valley
Saturday 7 October 2017 I rose early in Angel’s AirBnB and found some ground coffee in the fridge. By the time the caffeine was coursing through my veins, Ruby, Rob and Susie emerged from their beds. Our host kindly gave us all a lift into town where we searched for a suitable breakfast. The café…
Quorn to Broken Hill
28 August 2002 The rain in Quorn turned out to be nothing more than half a dozen heavy drops in the early hours of the morning. The drought is palpable here. We had breakfast in the camp kitchen, and packed up our gear and headed out of the caravan park, filling our green gas bottle…
Quorn via Hawker
27 August 2002 The next morning we packed up. The girls were extremely helpful, so for the last half hour we let them play in “Rockville”. As we crawled along the gravel road out of the national park, Clare pointed out that Ruby was crying. The poor kiddo had an earache. Susie and I went…
Flinders Ranges 2
26 August 2002 What a day! I was cold last night due to an ill-made bed. After beautiful clear days, the nights are freezing, just like Karajini. Tonight will be truly punishing, as there was hardly a wisp of cloud in the sky during the day. Anyway, Clare climbed into bed with Susan and I,…
Flinders Ranges 1
23 August—24 August 2002 On Friday morning we finished packing up our gear, said goodbye to Jane, and headed north out of Adelaide towards the Flinders Ranges. I drove the first 300 Km to Port Augusta where we got some information about the National Park, refuelled and bought a bit of firewood. We had lunch…
Around Adelaide
19 August—21 August 2002 The following morning, Susie and I went into the GPO to collect the latest batch of materials from Sydney Distance Education Primary School. Susie and Jane then went op-shopping in the late morning. I stayed back at Jane’s place to help the kids with their schoolwork. When the shoppers returned, I…
Adelaide
17 August—18 August 2002 We pulled into Adelaide as planned, but found ourselves once again without a detailed map of the city. It was easy enough to find the suburb of Hilton, but we also needed to find the right street. We rolled the dice and started traipsing the small suburb. We asked a man…
Nullarbor crossing 3
15 August 2002 We were up and on the road in a reasonable time – reasonable that is until we realised we would lose 1.5 hours daytime as we travelled east across the Nullarbor. We drove straight on to Eucla, where we refuelled, and then drove down the scarp via a ragged gravel road to…
Wundercliffe 