Monthly Archives: May 2022

29/5/2022 – Sunday – ?km Up early & walking through the gates of the Adelaide Botanical Gardens just after the gates opened at 9am, with a parking spot just next to a gate. The gardens are full of people walking … Continue reading →

28/5/2022 – Saturday – 157km Thankfully no rain this morning as we packed. Ardrossan is a nice little town & we could easily go back to it. Our first stop is Tiddy Widdy Beach (cute name), just north of Ardrossan … Continue reading →

27/5/2022 – Friday – ?km The Ardrossan Museum is in the former power house for the C.H. Smith Plough Factory, the inventor & maker of the stump-jump plough, the invention that made farming the Yorke Peninsula possible. The museum has … Continue reading →

26/5/2022 – Thursday – 86km The Edithburg cemetery is on the way out of town with a view over the ocean. We stop & visit the graves of the sailors of the “Clan Ranald” lost when the ship sank off … Continue reading →

25/5/2022 – Wednesday – 7km It rained & was very windy last night but we woke to a clearing sky & the wind abating. This morning we are at the Edithburg Museum just after it opens & stay until it … Continue reading →

24/5/2022 – Tuesday – 170km Marion Bay disappears into the dust behind us as we follow the coastline of the York Peninsula north on a dirt road in reasonable condition. Unfortunately the coast & the water is not visible as … Continue reading →

23/5/2022 – Monday – 70km Today we plan spending in Innes National Park all day & we paid the park fees online last night. As we topped the rise & started descending towards Chinamans Hat Bay the spectacular scenery unveiled … Continue reading →

22/5/2022 – Sunday – 125km As we were packing this morning another Kimberley Karavan pulled up to say hello, it was Peter & Di whom we met at Melrose & had dinner with on the last night. They were driving … Continue reading →

21/5/2022 – Saturday – 0km A short walk across the road from the camp to see the red Bristol monoplane on display that was owned & flown locally by Captain Harry Butler, a renowned local pilot from the early 1900s. … Continue reading →

20/5/2022 – Friday – 163km A leisurely start this morning & we leave Wallaroo around 10am. This time we head inland south through Kadina & drive through the centre of the Yorke Peninsula to Maitland through endless wheat or barley … Continue reading →