Day 8 Adelaide nice city, it's true it is the city of churches. Nice relaxed feel about the city with lots of parks and open spaces although not as cosmopolitan as Sydney or Melbourne. We drove (the royal 'we' as I haven't driven a meter so far) on to Port Augusta on a pretty empty highway through large wheat farming areas. Past Port Pirie which has a huge lead smeltor for processing output from Broken Hill and Coobar Pedy. Port Augusta itself really just a se...

Day 7 Took a boat trip from the town of Goolwa down to the mouth of the Murray river and into Corong National Park. Interesting trip, especially given the recent floods and birdlife beginning to return to the river and it's tidal estuary. Saw lots of pelicans, in groups known as a patrol, pied oystercatcher, cormorant, back swan, royal spoonbill, etc, etc. Went looking for cockles on one of the ocean beaches, the N.P. Is the largest cockle producing region i...

Day 6 Uneventful day, drove further round the coast to the Fleuriea peninsula, south east of Adelaide. Weather horrible, quite heavy rain all day long. Fair weather campers that we are, opted for a cabin tonight. The picture is from the door of a roadhouse we stopped at today, big fishing area. Overnight: Port Elliot Camping Reserve Distance: 289km