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musings from the everyday, somedays

Mt Gambier and the Great Ocean Road

Day 10 saw us traversing the first quarter of the Great Ocean Road to Port Campbell. We began with an early morning visit to the Umpherston Sinkhole followed by visits to the Bay of Islands, Bay of Martyrs, The Grotto and London Bridge before arriving in Port Campbell for the afternoon and evening. Umpherston Sinkhole: Bay of Islands: Bay of Martyrs: The Grotto: London Bridge: Port Campbell:

Mt Gambier

Day 10 began in Mt Gambier and saw us traverse the first quarter of the Great Ocean Road to Port Campbell. In Mt Gambier we began with a walk into the Umpherston Sinkhole before stopping to view the Bay of Islands, Bay of Martyrs, The Grotto and London Bridge before arriving in Port Campbell for the afternoon/evening.

Glenelg - Brighton - Port Noarlunga

For day 8 we decided to take a trip west to Glenelg (about 10-15km west of Adelaide) on the Gulf of St Vincent. We then headed south and visited the piers1 at both Brighton and Port Noarlunga. Glenelg: Brighton: Port Noarlunga: They are often referred to as ‘jetties’, but I think jetties are made of stone or rock and serve as breakwalls whereas a pier sits on piers(!). ↩︎

Adelaide

Day 7 was spent in Adelaide - looking at some of the street art (for example), walking along Rundle Mall, photographing buildings, visiting the Art Gallery and finishing with a quick tour of parts of the Botanic Gardens. bikes, bikes, more bikes Salvador Dali, apparently baubles a 2m high steel pigeon old and new. I prefer the old war memorial And a few photos from the Adelaide Botanic Gardens:

Eden Valley - Hahndorf - Mt Lofty

On Day 6 we left the Barossa and drove through the beautiful Eden Valley to the interesting-but-touristy Hahndorf, stopped at the Mt Lofty Summit and eventually descended into Adelaide. A cross overlooking the Eden Valley is a reminder of the Christian heritage of the area A few photos of the Eden Valley Hahndorf, as evidenced by the sign Adelaide city from the Mt Lofty Summit

Near Yunta

Day 5 - Driving from Broken Hill to the Barossa via Yunta. Much of the first half of the 450+ km was through fairly desolate terrain. Rain threatened much of the way but yielded interesting cloud formations and variable light as evidenced below:

Broken Hill

Day 3 was our first full day in Broken Hill. We began with a trip out to the Living Desert sculptures and later that day spent some time at the Line of Lode memorial. The air in and around Broken Hill was so clear and clean. And the view of Broken Hill from the memorial was excellent. Views from the Living Sculptures park Broken Hill east to west

Cobar and Beyond

Day 2 saw us leave Nyngan behind and continue west - aiming for Broken Hill. Our first port of call was Cobar, then a few stops in the middle of nowhere before having lunch in Wilcannia and arriving in Broken Hill mid-afternoon. The countryside is sparse but beautiful. We saw the odd emu but they were vastly outnumbered by goats–hundreds of them grazing at the roadside, but too clever to become roadkill (not that we were trying!

Nyngan

My wife and I recently completed a holiday/road trip starting on the mid coast of NSW through the central and far west of NSW, into the primary wine making districts of South Australia and Adelaide then south east through Mt Gambier and along the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne before returning through central Victoria. Our first port of call was Nyngan. One of Nyngan’s claims to fame is The Big Bogan1.