Melbourne They say that you get four seasons in one day in Melbourne. Unfortunately, we only got one -the scorching hot one. We were in need of some personal maintenance after 4 weeks on the road, hair cuts and some nail waxing (ladies only). We consulted the concierge and he waved us off in an easterly direction. After walking far to the east we came to Chinatown where we readily fell upon a unisex hair salon. Susan gave the nice Chinese man detailed instructi...

Strangely enough, Robe was very like Findhorn with a bit of Nairn thrown in around the harbour. A very wealthy little town full of very large, empty, holiday homes strung out along the dunes and around a little harbour with a narrow entrance. We made our way to Robe from Adelaide via the Coorong National Park. The Coorong is an enormous coastal wetlands area of large salt lakes. They support a wide range of wildlife and we were no sooner off road than we cam...