On the way back from the Coorong I stayed the night in a town called Murray Bridge, which had the first bridge over the River Murray. It was very hot, the temperature hit 37 degrees that afternoon. I left Murray Bridge in the morning and it was 38 degrees at 10am but windy. The temperature dropped rapidly, to 23 degrees by midday and 16 degrees by late afternoon. I drove to the coastal town of Goolwa, on the Fleurieu peninsula. From there I drove across the br...

In my research about South Australia, I read that the Coorong National Park was a great birdwatching site. The morning after arriving back from Kangaroo Island, I hired a car in Adelaide and drove down to the Coorong. Driving around central Adelaide was confusing but once I got out of the city, driving was easy and smooth. After I passed through the small town of Tailem Bend on the Murray River, the landscape changed. I stopped at a viewing point that had a lake ...

Kangaroo Island is the third largest island off the Australian mainland and it's a wildlife haven. It's illegal to take rabbits, foxes, honey or raw potatoes there and cats and dogs have to be registered with the council. This protects both the native wildlife and the local agriculture. A lot of people seem to do Kangaroo Island as a day trip from Adelaide. It's a very long day, as it takes 1.5-2 hours each way to Cape Jervis where the ferry leaves and 45 minutes...

I arrived in Adelaide late in the evening of Saturday 12th November. The following day I discovered that I had missed the annual Christmas Pageant which had taken place just hours before my arrival. I saw the biggest model of Santa on the front of a building that I'd ever seen. I saw a bus displaying "Merry Christmas" on its front, a full six weeks before the big day. My impression of Adelaide? The city that loves Christmas.  Adelaide is a highly planned city, ...