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
There’s a well known surf beach on the far west coast of South Australia and for surfers it doesn’t need to be named, it’s that synonymous with the best surf in SA. The reason I’m not naming it now is that we camped there recently and were absolutely amazed at how good it was compared… Read More A Colourful South Australian Surfing Reserve
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
In Australia we are lucky to have visits from whales as they make their way up from Antarctica to the warmer waters of Australia during winter. There are a number of places along our coastlines where you can see whales and their calves that are born in these warmer and sheltered waters but arguably one… Read More Best Whale Watching in South Australia
My oh my, Australia has some big rocks and we’ve seen quite a few in our travels, but been guilty of not checking out some of the best in our own backyard in South Australia, so to speak. We’ve finally made it back to the Eyre Peninsula and having the luxury of time, we can… Read More Eyre Peninsula Rocks
Kimba’s claim to fame has been that it’s ‘Halfway across Australia’ but now you’d have to add, home to stunning silo art, a clever shopping precinct, bushland walking trail, sculptures and views, a brilliant free camp and the friendliest folk to boot. Kimba is 465 kilometres north west of Adelaide on the Eyre Peninsula and… Read More Kimba – Halfway Across Australia
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