The first vineyard in the Clare Valley was planted in the late 1800's by a collection of Jesuit Monks who built the truly wonderful St Aloysius Church at Sevenhill, in what would have been the middle of a fairly deserted and pristine valley back in those days. The tradition of growing grapes for what was initially sacramental wine only, has flourished in the valley and surrounding area and has resulted in world class Reisling particuarly. There is a fantastic b...

This was Tom's last hope of a decent wave before we travel North. With the benefit of many hopeful entreaties, the weather decided to play ball and delivered up two almost cloudless, light offshore days with a swell of 3-4 foot at Pondalowie Bay. My, but the sea was cold! The surf is in Innes National Park which housed a thriving centre of Gypsum production back in the 1900's. Not much left of that infrastructure now- but I am sure the tourism is huge in the ...

Average daytime temp- 15degrees Average night time temp- 6 degrees We arrived in Adelaide on the 24th June, via a short but sweet visit to the Barossa Valley. Its hackneyed to say it, I am sure, but the wine is amazing! I feel like I have never really drunk good wine before after going to a few cellar doors here..(sorry Coolangatta). Fave wine of the Barossa? A Zinfandel from kabmyne( I think that was how it was spelt.) am seriously considering getting a case...

Where on Earth is Keith? Have a look at the map! No seriously, it is almost completely and squarely halfway between A to B. , along the A8 between Bordertown and Murray Bridge in South Australia. We arrived on the 19th of April 2012. This was to be our first work stint on this trip and even though I was not expecting much from the campsite, my first thought on seeing it was that of all the many camping spots we had stayed at during our travels from Shoalhaven H...

Safely back on the mainland, leaving the magical Apple Isle in our wake we started the journey to Keith. We had 10 days to do justice to one of the most spectacular drives in Australia, The Great Ocean Road. We headed to Torquay first, home of the discount surf store. We had plans to find Ned his first board and perhaps pick up a new winter wettie for me. Boy,did we get more than we bargained for. We found a 6"1 foamie for Ned reduced by 200 bucks and a warm 5...