Author Archives: Paul Richardson

Still being on SA time me and dad where up to watch the sunrise on my walk this morning. After packing up we drove the short distance of 107kM to Esperance and was on the foreshore at 8:50am on a lovely sunny day. We met up with our friends, daughter and her husband and twoContinue reading “Salmon Gums to Esperance”

As expected due to the time change i got dad up at 3:30am WA time (6:00am SA time). After my walk in the dark dad tried to get back to sleep but to no avail so we all got up had breakfast and was on the road by 5:31am. We still had 545kM to goContinue reading “Madura to Norseman to Salmon Gums”

Today is the start of the 1200kM drive across te Nullabour. We are going to do it over two days as long as dad dosen’t get too tired. We packed up most of our things last night so we could get an early start, so on the road by 7:30am South Australia time. We travelledContinue reading “Ceduna to Madura”

I got Dad up about 6:30 for my walk and there are a few breaks in the cloud. We finally had breakfast which Dad cooked on the BabyQ and we sat outside to eat it. This is the first time in 8 weeks we have been able to do this. The car is now fueledContinue reading “Ceduna”

Mum and dad have decided that we will travel to Ceduna today for a couple of days rest before we attack the Nullabor. We woke up this morning to another reasonable day and on the way we called into Port Gregory and Streaky Bay. At Streaky Bay we had a long walk along the foreshoreContinue reading “Venus Bay to Ceduna”

After having 62kph winds for the last two days we have finally set off across the Eyre Peninsula passing through Lock and our final resting place for tonight of Venus Bay. The weather got better and better the closer we got with beautiful clear blue skies and very little wind. After setting up we wentContinue reading “Whyalla to Venus Bay”

Leaving at 7:45 this morning we travelled 335kM to Whyalla arriving about 12:30 and booking into the same caravan site as we stayed at four years ago. When mum looked at her memories on her phone it is exactly 4 years to the day since we stayed here. We went for a walk to theContinue reading “Lower Light to Whyalla”

Today we have packed up and are moving to a free camp at the side of a pub at a place called Lower Light. The rule is as long as you purchase a drink or a meal you can stay for free as long as you are self contained. The weather is beautiful and 32Continue reading “MT Gambier to Lower Light”

A much brighter day so we have a walk into town, then to the sink hole garden and to ‘The Lakes’ area which has a lookout over all of Mt Gambier. After tea we went for a walk along the old railway track to where the turntable and goods yard are, we walked past theContinue reading “Mt Gambier Day Three”

It’s been raining on and off through the night and me and dad have just got out for my morning walk. 5 minutes later it started to rain again so the walk was cut short. Back at the van and the rain comes down for the next SIX hours so not able to do anything.Continue reading “Mt Gambier Day 2”