Author Archives: Paul Richardson

20th April Today we are leaving Gawler for the 350kM (217 Miles) to Mildura where we stay for three nights. We are on the G’day Park down next to the Murry River. We stopped for lunch at Paringa, when we were here two years ago the silo’s had no art on them. It’s now 5pmContinue reading “Gawler to Mildura”

My day started with my walk as usual, then at 9:00AM Bill and Lucy arrived at our caravan and we all got into dad’s car. We thought we were all going out for the day, we were so wrong, we got dropped off at the kennel’s while the adults went wine tasting in the Barossa.Continue reading “Barossa South Australia”

This is my preferred travelling position for the long drives.

Still not sure what it is Nullabor from WA side Nullabor South Australia side The road goes on and on

After a lie in (06:15) i got dad up to take me for a walk, the sun had just risen and a red sky was the welcoming site for this morning. After breakfast we set off with another 300 plus kilometers to Gawler. Gawler is to be our home for the next three nights withContinue reading “Iron Knob to Gawler”

After packing up we set off for a 360Km (223 Miles) drive to our over night stop at Iron Knob, this is a town which was associated with iron ore mining up to about three years ago. The town went from about 3000 residents to 130 today but a progress association of local residents isContinue reading “Streaky Bay to Iron Knob”

Bunbury to Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe to Balladonia Balladonia to Yalata Yalata to Streaky Bay

Today is 13th April and we are travelling to Streaky Bay 324km (201m) where we are booked in for three nights at the caravan park, so their will be no travelling and plenty of walks for me, Lucy and Bill on the beach. The weather is another dry sunny day ( down to 7 degreesContinue reading “Yalata to Streaky Bay”

Another early start 7:15AM and we are heading for a stop at Yalata for tonight, Dad has another 8 hours of driving while we cover 644kM (400M). The Nullabor petrol stations have plenty of fuel but at a cost of over $3.50 (1.84) a Litre. I believe that Mum and Dad have said that theContinue reading “Balladonia to Yalata”

Morning All, 5:30AM just got Dad up to take me for a walk before we get ready to leave at 7:00AM. It will be a long day in the car as there is very little to stop and see in the next 676kM (420M). We stopped for the usual reasons en-route before finally stopping atContinue reading “Ravensthorpe to Balladonia”