Victor Harbour, Murray Bridge {Traveling}

Leaving Adelaide we headed towards Victor Harbor, a place that Justin has always wanted to visit.  On the way we detoured through MacLauren Vale, which was lovely and green {of course with loads of old houses}.

Arriving in Victor Harbor we headed for a walk around town to explore the buildings and what it had to offer.  Of course finding a lovely place for coffee & cake for morning tea.  After our sit down we made our way to the information centre, where the kids got to see the old horse draw cart {it has been operational since the late 1800's across to the island}.

 

The next stop on the list was Murray Bridge, where we found a beautiful river side park to have lunch.  We really didn't do this place justice and should've stayed for the night to allow for more exploring but we both decided to 'may hay while the sun was shining'.

 

 

Next stop is 42 Mile Beach Camp for the night.

Woolshed Cave & The Tub {Visiting}

 Memorial Lookout

 

The Tub

 

 Woolshed Cave

Ceduna {Caravan Park}

A quick stop for a train and also for quarantine, then into Ceduna we headed.

We decided on the Foreshore Caravan Park because it was only a short walk into the town shops and also the foreshore its self, obviously.  While booking in I also decided it was time to become a Top Tourist member, cheap to do so and will come in handy during our coming trip. 

 

 

Marty, who runs the park is a really friendly character.  The park its self has a great new camp kitchen, which we managed to camp right next too and the bathroom has recently been upgraded too {they also have free WIFI}.

Originally we said one night but with the need to focus a little on school and do some washing we ended up staying another night.  We had a walk down the jetty on Friday morning before some school work.  After lunch we had a drive around town and out to Denial Bay before heading back.

 

Staying another day worked out well as we meet a lovely family from New South Wales, Amanda & John {along with their three children} and we had a great night chatting.  They gave us some suggestions for camps and we decided to head to one of them for the night.

South Australia & The Head of the Australian Bight {Traveling}

HELLO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

We said goodbye to Western Australia today and I didn't have any revelations or sudden urges, well other than to keep driving to see what we could discover. So that is exactly what we did, kept driving.

Stopping to take in the Head of the Great Australian Bight.  I have no doubt that on a clear day it would look even better, but with the chilly windy and fog filled sky you still can't help but appreciate all that this wonderful part of Australia has to offer.

We took in the array of different and interesting road signs, again.

 

The kids also did a little more school work in the car, probably about time given we officially started back on the second.

Heading to South Australia {Traveling}

We are on the road, leaving Perth for South Australia!

I am sure that everyone, myself included can hardly believe that we will be finally leaving the state or that it will actually happen {I might not even really believe it until we are across the line} but that is the plan as we head out of Mundaring slightly later than planned.  Given we left later we decided to stick to the road well traveled and followed Great Easter Highway until Coolgardie.

Heading towards Norseman we stopped around 80km before, just in a road side rest area.  Nothing fancy bit it serviced it purpose.

I did however learn two very important things when picking somewhere for a quick overnight stop:
#1 Trains can be LOUD when they're long and one is trying to sleep
#2 Trucks drive heaps at night, big trucks, big LOUD annoying trucks at all hours of the night






We packed up bright at early and hit the road again.  A refuel in Norseman, including taking in the local lookout and a drive around the town {My Mum's family did live here for a time} before we hit the Eyre Highway.

It wasn't anything like I expected it to be, the Eyre Highway that is.  Whilst, yes it does contain 'Australia's Longest Straight', it had a surprising number of changes to the landscape.  This doesn't even include the trip up a massive range. That is right there was a HILL, I totally didn't expect that!

The drive was uneventful and relatively painless.  We again stopped in a rest area, but this time moved further back from the road {for a much better night of sleep}. 














Being 40km from the border means we will be in South Australia bright and early tomorrow morning.

A list {Planning}

At the end of last year, a fleeting thought came across my mind.  I jumped at it, discussed it with Justin and it came to this list {well this is version one and I think we might be at version four now}.

WE ARE LEAVING THE STATE, FINALLY!

Alright so it will only be for a holiday, at most 12 weeks exploring some other locations around Australia but it is going to be amazing.  Staying a night or two here and there, loads of driving and plenty more exploring.

Just over 10 days to get everything sorted, everything back into the camper {hopefully it all fits} and then we are leaving the station to start our trip.

I can't wait!