The Great Ocean Road (Port Fairy to Apollo Bay, 03.08.2012): We were packed up by 7:30am and ready to hit Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve, about a 20 minute drive away. The book advised that there was "plenty of wildlife, especially koalas". Today's the day! We did a 1 hour walk "to the last volcano" first spotting several emus (some of whom turned rather nasty on us, I think we took too many photos), and of course we saw an abundance of wallabies and kanagroos. Th...

Port Fairy (02.08.2012): Today we travelled 177km from Mount Gambier to Port Fairy making several stops along the way. When we awoke from our campsite we discovered that the play area had a huge bouncy pillow - we couldn't resist a go. Morning exercise over, we headed for our first stop within Mount Gambier: Umpherston Sinkhole - referred to as the 'sunken garden'. The sinkhole features a limestone cave, a waterfall, a very pretty garden and a great BBQ area. We...

Mount Gambier (01.08.2012): OMG is it really August? We left England back in May, it has flown by. Today we awoke to ice on the windows. Yes, ICE!! Leaving the lovely English summer and the Olympic behind to experience a Aussie winter, dark at 6pm and freezing nights. Oh well, on the plus there's not many crowds along the coast and anyhow we will be back in the tropics next week when we land in Cairns. Can't wait to get my shorts and sun cream back out! Today...

Adelaide (31.07.2012): We drove into South Australia's capital by around 9am. What busy roads!! We didn't know how to cope after the lovely single lane empty road that has taken us all the way from Darwin. It took us till around 10am for us find somewhere to park. All the parking is multi-storey and our lovely campervan won't fit. We had to park in the back of beyond in the end but managed to walk into the centre fairly quickly. Now that we are no longer in th...

Coober Pedy to Adelaide (30.07.2012): Bracing ourselves for the longest drive we will endure during our campervan trip, we showered and quickly shoved our clothes in the washer before setting off from Riba's. Destination Adelaide: 845km away, an estimated 9 hour drive. Our roadside friends today were emus - funny old birds. As we got closer to Adelaide the scenery changed from barren desert to green fields and lakes. We made a stop for lunch at Woomera which si...