We left Adelaide on 7 April and drove north to Port Augusta which sits at the top of the Spencer Gulf. Most of the terrain en route was flat, dry and uninteresting - mainly wheat country but occasionally other crops. We drove through Snowtown where 8 bodies were found in barrels of acid! We stopped at Port Pirie (on the east side of the Spe…
McLoughlin's Great Adventure: // McLoughlin's 2014 trip to UK and Europe: This is a record of our 2014 travels around the UK, Belgium, France and Rome. // Around the world 2015: This year, we're cruising from Sydney to Southampton via the Pacific Ocean and the Panama Canal. We'll then visit Greece and Ireland, together with the usual stopover to catch-up with our UK family and friends. // From the Netherlands to the Highlands - 2016: Our trip this year will start with 7 weeks in t…
McLoughlin's Great Adventure: // McLoughlin's 2014 trip to UK and Europe: This is a record of our 2014 travels around the UK, Belgium, France and Rome. // Around the world 2015: This year, we're cruising from Sydney to Southampton via the Pacific Ocean and the Panama Canal. We'll then visit Greece and Ireland, together with the usual stopover to catch-up with our UK family and friends. // From the Netherlands to the Highlands - 2016: Our trip this year will start with 7 weeks in the Netherlands where we'll be living in the village of Heelsum, 11km west of Arnhem. We'll then spend time in Berlin and Brussels before travelling to the UK where we'll visit Totnes, Southampton, London, Colchester, Oundle, Liverpool and finally Scotland. // South Australia and Victoria: We're seeing more of Australia this year starting with a trip to South Australia and western Victoria.
We left Adelaide on 7 April and drove north to Port Augusta which sits at the top of the Spencer Gulf. Most of the terrain en route was flat, dry and uninteresting - mainly wheat country but o…
Having returned the houseboat, we bid farewell to our friends - Garry was off home to Canberra, Sue off home to Perth, Jenny off to Melbourne to visit her son and his family, and Grant and Ian…
On March 27, we drove the short distance from Murray Bridge to Mannum where we met our 5 friends and took possession of our houseboat for the next week. After all the preliminaries, including…
kayjim70
Don't mean to look for possible errors, but I honestly am confused by the sentence (about the Twelve Apostles), It was well-one but SO busy. If it was a result of auto-correct, I can't guess what it was meant to say.
mcloughlin
Hi Kay. It should read "It was well-done but SO busy" . I always write these blogs at the end of the day, in a rush, so not always too careful!
kayjim70 Don't mean to look for possible errors, but I honestly am confused by the sentence (about the Twelve Apostles), It was well-one but SO busy. If it was a result of auto-correct, I can't guess what it was meant to say.
re: Warrnambool, Victoria, 23 - 24 March 2017mcloughlin Hi Kay. It should read "It was well-done but SO busy" . I always write these blogs at the end of the day, in a rush, so not always too careful!
re: Warrnambool, Victoria, 23 - 24 March 2017kayjim70 Very comprehensive and interesting. Thanks Margaret. You didn't mention St Patrick's Day as such. Was Guinness part of that day I wonder!
re: Melbourne, 13-20 March 2017mcloughlin Hi Jac. That's the greenhouse with all the begonias.
re: Ballarat, Victoria, 10-12 March 2017Maggie Randall and Esther Uncle Ron would have loved this building
re: Ballarat, Victoria, 10-12 March 2017Jac Beautiful
re: Ballarat, Victoria, 10-12 March 2017Jac Looking like a well seasoned traveller
re: Ballarat, Victoria, 10-12 March 2017Jac What's the building in the back ground
re: Ballarat, Victoria, 10-12 March 2017kayjim70 Your blog says the flood of 1956 registered 4km up the tree. Should that be 4m up the tree? Great photos so far. X
re: Renmark, South Australia, 4 - 5 March 2017Maggie Randall and Esther What a beautiful church and wonderful scenery. Enjoy the wineries!!
re: Tanunda, South Australia, 2-3 March 2017