Touring around Eyre Peninsula in South Australia has us thinking each new camping destination is the best. But now I think we’ve really found it, in Streaky Bay. Streaky Bay is around 700 kilometres north west of Adelaide, getting its name from explorer Matthew Flinders who noticed the discoloured streaks in the water. The streaks… Read More Special Streaky Bay
Give me a caravan park on a foreshore, where you can walk a few steps from your van and be on the sand, and you’ve won me. Smoky Bay on Eyre Peninsula is one such place where you and your dog are welcome to stay and enjoy this charming town. Smoky Bay is known for… Read More Easy Going Smoky Bay
Strange how things turn out sometimes, take for instance the town of Fowlers Bay on Eyre Peninsula which was once the site of a whaling station and today owes a fair bit of its tourism draw card to these majestic creatures again. These days, you can experience seeing them from a whale watching cruise or… Read More Fish Mad Fowlers and Scott Bay SA
For those planning a driving holiday along the Stuart Highway which runs from south to north of Australia, here are a few facts and figures as they stacked up for us on a 4 week (25 day) getaway. Our travelling ‘rig’ is a Toyota Landcruiser 200 series V8 diesel, and our caravan is a 22ft… Read More Stuart Highway Adelaide to Darwin – the Stats
The amount of things to see and do in Alice Springs is only limited by the time you have to stay. If you’ve never been, then plan to spend a lot of time discovering the East and West MacDonnell Ranges. The East Macs stretch for 150 kilometres and the West Macs 160 kilometres and in… Read More Visit Alice Springs
One of the bigger and more well known areas to visit on a trip through the Northern Territory is the town of Katherine. It is 320 kilometres south east of Darwin and is most popularly known for Nitmiluk National Park (Katherine Gorge) and various places where you can swim in natural hot springs. This is… Read More Visit Katherine NT
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