Monday 16th July We made our way to Ceduna where the days are warm (21c) On checking in they had some local oysters for sale so Ross had 1 dozen oysters as an entrée to dinner. We stayed for three nights and left there today to head towards the WA border which we should reach tomorrow. Right now we are staying in a rest area which is a little noisy as it is fairly close to the Eyre highway, but once the door and windows are closed we should be good till the m...

Wednesday 11th July "They're out" we heard this morning with great relief and joy This event in Thailand for the last two weeks or so has dominated all our thoughts. Every morning the TV or computer had to go on to see what had happened that day. Tears were shed when the boys their coach and their rescuers were finally all out of the horrible place. Such a great result and what a fantastic movie it will make with a feel good ending. The massive downside being ...

We left Halls Gap today. Because of the really cold and awful weather we spent a lot of time indoors instead of sight-seeing. Ross commented on this but said he had a really relaxing time. We watched movies, TV series and of course football. and we stayed in bed as long as we liked.. I finished a book by James Patterson I loved it. If you have watched the series called Instinct on the TV then this book is the one that started it all off. It is called Murder Ga...

Just a clue as to how to view the photo albums with a larger picture. If you click on a picture eg the first one it will display them in a larger format that is easier to see. 10th June Saturday We left Port Lincoln today after having the car serviced yesterday. Oh Boy! Did that put a hole in the bank balance? Anyway it had to be done, so the jeep is good for another 10,000 kms. We spent the night at a place called Port Kenny on the Flinders highway which i...

Tuesday 6th June It is twelve days into our trip and here we are at Port Lincoln at the bottom corner of the Eyre Peninsula. The caravan park we are in overlooks the bay and is on a hill, so each caravan site is pretty much cut out of the hillside, which gives most vans a good view of the water, nothing much happening here though. The occasional trawler coming back from fishing and the odd small fishing boat going out to throw a net in, the lone, but very c...