27th April - 3 May

Monday 27th

Rain again ... We did manage to do a few things in between the rain and the sun - what weird weather! It can be raining one minute and lieterally sunshine the next and then rain again within minute and so on and so on - very frustrating!

The caravan park we are staying at is Rangeview as I found out and it has a lovely view of the Southern Flinders Ranges.

Tuesday 28th

We packed up and left in the morning. The weather is a little better today. We drove into Port Pirie for some more shopping, had some lunch and then headed for Crystal Brook which is a lovely quiet little town only about 15 minutes from Port Pirie. We wandered around the shops and used their free BBQ for dinner.

Wednesday 29th

We headed to Gladstone this morning to check out the Old Gladstone Gaol. Gladstone is another lovely little town. The Old Gladstone Gaol was definitely worth checking out. It's $6 each and you get a guided tour. They are still in the process of restoring it but it is still great. You can also sleep there - it's kinda like a motel - only different!

We then headed through Laura (another lovely town) and ended up in Wirrabara - another lovely town! We have been through so many lovely little towns lately - it's just great! They all have lovely, warm people and a great atmosphere, unfortunately the other thing they all seem to have in common is that they are all struggling to survive. In all of these towns many of their shops have closed down and there are only a few shops left open - I really hope they all manage to survie because it would be terrible to lose them.

We camped on the side of the road in a paddock opposite the information centre.

Thursday 30th

This is such a lovely campsite, beautiful green paddock with hills in the background and an excellent park with great facilities right next door.

We headed off to Wirrabara State Forest for the day to have a look around - what a fantastic day we had! The forest itself is the usual forest, but it has this old nursery that is just fascinating, we spent ages wandering around looking at all the different trees that they grew there back in the 1890s that are now giants. They are all labelled and there are heaps of different trees including fig (tried fruit off that was okay), olive (ewwwwwww!!), there were a gazillion types of pine trees, a cork tree, but my favourite was the lemon-scented gums, they had beautiful, smooth pink trunks and the leaves when you crush them smell just delicious!!

After the nursery we headed off to the "King Tree" which is a giant River Red Gum about 400 years old and it's just HUGE!!

We then dedided we were going to head towards Peterborough but on the way saw a few things of interest so we took a detour and went to Magnetic Hill, which is a hill where you stop your care and turn off the engine and it rolls uphill (bit of a farce, it looks like it is uphill but according to our level on the caravan it was actually downhill), but it was fun anyway - can say we have done it now!

Then we headed for Dawson which is a Ghost town north of Peterborough. It was a lovely drive on really good dirt roads. When we got there it was also a bit of a farce because there are still a couple of people living there and only one building that you can actually explore because the rest are locked up (all two of them), but again, it was a fun drive and fun exploring the old tavern so all in all it was a good day.

Friday 1 May

We stayed at a rest stop just outside of Peterborough overnight and went into Peterborough for a look around. It is an awesome town! There are four entrances to the town and each one has a large-scale model train next to the road that was made by a local guy. There is a locomotive engine, a cannon, the information centre was made out of an old railway carriage, museums, etc, etc. It was really intesting to walk around and look at the town. We then decided to go an check out "Meldenfield" which is a place where they make miniature scale models of mostly coaches and carriages from the olden days before cars. When we first went in there I thought it was a great place and was fascinated by all of the models they had made and the detail and trouble they go to to make them exact replicas as well as use the same methods - I thought that was well worth our $3 each entry fee. But then they took us out the back - I was blown away!! This guy, Eldon has been building a replica of the old Peterborough Railway Station for the past 20 months. It is (I think) a 1/12 th replica made using original bricks from the original station cut up excatly to scale, wooden pillars/pillars using the original wood, lanterns, etc, etc. The detail was incredible and it is just amazing the trouble he has gone to!! Very impressive!!

After that we started heading towards Burra and stopped in at "Lancelot" which is more what we would class a "ghost town". It was awesome! The story goes that it was a town that was supposed to be where the junction of all the railway lines were meant to meet. However Peterborough developed and Lancelot died as a result of it. We aren't sure how long ago it was abandoned, but we did find old newspapers dating back to 1959. There are heaps of old buildings, most of which have started to fall down but one of which (we believe it was the old tavern/accommodation) is mostly still standing. We spent ages looking around and had a fab time.

We then called in at Trewoie which is almost a ghost town. It used to be a thriving town and it has some fantastic buildings but due to a change in the railway structure it has almost died.

We ended up in Mt Bryan at a rest stop overnight. What a great day!

Saturday 2 May

We moved on to Burra because we heard there was an antique fair going on so we thought we would check it out. Burra has some beautiful buildings and they have kept them restored wonderfully. We turned up pretty early and there weren't many people around but by about 10 am there were people everywhere!! We couldn't believe how many people were there - where did they all come from? In this part of the world you can drive for 100 kms and not see another car and only the odd house but these people just came out of the woodwork! We had a great day and then decided to head for Lyrup to catch up with mum and dad. We were originally going to go from Peterborough to Broken Hill, but when we looked on the map there is basically nothing to see in between them and mum and dad are going via the Darling (they are heading up to Cameron Corner) so we thought we might tag along. We didn't tell them we were coming - thought we might surprise them but they surprised us because they weren't at Lyrup - they were further up river near Loxton. Never mind, we are camped on a sandbar near Loxton and they will have to drive past us in a couple of days' time - that will surprise them!

Sunday 3 May

Where we camped overnight at Thiele's sandbar was a little too sandy for us so we decided to try and find somwehere else to stay. We ended up finding a nice spot further up the river and pulled up there instead. We went for a swim because we hadn't had a shower for a few days. It was rather cold but it was nice to be clean! Had a great campfire and cooked curried sausages.

20th April - 27th April

Monday 20th

We packed up in the morning and headed for Warooka - we had an easy afternoon and didn't do much :) - hard life. We stayed overnight at the rest area with another couple who had broken down and couldn't move (Rod and Dianne in a big bus towing a 4x4 and boat). We were going to move to the showgrounds where you are supposed to stay but thought we should keep the other couple company and had happy hour with them.

Tuesday 21st

We took the caravan to the showgrounds and left it there and went sightseeing today. We went first to Gleason's Landing on the west coast because we had some information that said there was somewhere there you could have a shower. What we found was that there was a hand pump stuck out in the middle of nowhere with a hand pump that pumped bore water that you could use to shower in - we decided not to go with that option! We then moved on to Corny Point which was quite nice. We saw a pod of dolphins just offshore which was lovely. We then headed down to a nice secluded beach and went for a swim - much better than standing under bore water I reckon! We then drove to a couple of other beaches along the coast and found Flaherty's Beach which was just lovely. There are umpteen spots you could stop and camp in that area but most if it is rough dirt tracks with small campsites so we reckon it wouldn't be very practical taking a caravan in there. You also have to pay $6 per night to camp anywhere down here (except where we have camped of course!) It says in Camps 4 that you have to pay to stay at the campgrounds here but that just aint true! You can even hook up to power for a donation.

We had happy hour with the rest of the campers who were camped in the showgrounds and had a great time - what a great bunch of people! One of them also told us that you can get showers at the CWA in Maitland or Minlakowie - can't remember which one.

Wednesday 22 nd

It took us ages to get on the road today. A lady pulled up travelling alone in a caravan just before we left the showgrounds and we started chatting and that went on and on - lovely person and very brave doing it all on her own.

We took a drive to Hardwicke Bay, Port Minlacowie, Parsons Beach and ended up at Bluff Beach. Bluff Beach is a fantastic little beach and you are not supposed to camp there but we talked to one of the locals and she reckoned that there would be no problem camping there as there was nobody else around. It is the tiniest little village but there is heaps of construction going on so it is growing. We went for a swim at the beach and then had a shower at their outside shower. They also have toilets there.

Thursday 23 rd

It is cold and raining this morning and the weather forecast is for more of the same for the next several days so we are going to start heading north to find somewhere out of the weather.

We drove north and stopped in at a few coastal towns for a look including Victoria Point which reminded us a lot of Ardrossen and it would have been a nice place to walk around except for the weather so we kept going. We seem to have sprung a leak in the caravan - we reckon when the roof popped up and got damaged it might have damaged the roof a little too so Ross will get up and have a look as soon as he can - once we get out of this weather. It is really windy again too.

We went to Moonta and decided we were going to stop there for the night so we stayed at the Information Centre where it said "No Camping" :) It was really windy so we pulled up right next to the information centre to get out of the wind which turned out quite well.

We had a bit of a walk around Moonta and it's quite an interesting little town with some great shops.

Friday 24 th

It isn't raining as much but it is still windy. We have decided we are going to go on the Wheal Hughes Copper Mine Tour which takes you on a tour of an old copper mine. We are booked in for 12: 30 and Boris will have to stay in the car while we go - it only goes for about an hour.

Back from the tour and Ross loved it though I could take it or leave it - mining doesn't really inerest me. We then went around the Moonta Heritage trail for a look at all the old ruins of the mining era around the place - that was more interesting - lots of old buildings to look at and climb over. We could have camped at any number of these old ruins along the Heritage trail but we dedided to move on and drove up to Port Broughton which is a nice little town. We originally parked in front of the pub near the water but being a Friday night there was a lot of noise from the pub and also it was REALLY windy! We moved to a little information sign and camped there which was better.

John and Elaine from Point Parham phoned us tonight - it was lovely to hear from them - they are up on Mildura and thought we might be in the area so we could catch up - not this time guys!

Saturday 25th

ANZAC DAY. We moved on from Port Broughton to Port Pirie. We decided to stay in a caravan park as we have had no sun for several days and needed to top up the power. We are staying at ?Highview Caravan Park and the guy who runs it is really friendly and it is only $19.00 per night for a powered site so we are happy with that. We are booked in for two nights and will see what happens with the weather before we decide when we will move on and where.

Ross managed to get his webcam working and talked to his family tonight - it was great to catch up as we haven't seen them for a few months.

Sunday 26th

Nasty weather again - can't really do much. I have done a bit of washing but it is really hard to get it dry. The weather forecast says it will start getting better as of tomorrow. In the meantime we will just stay put!

13th April - 19th April

Monday 13th

It was like a mass exodus this morning, all the people who had arrived for the Easter long weekend packed up and left this morning and by the time I had finished my work and walked outside they were all gone - the place was practically deserted! It was really good though, with the amount of people who were here, we all got on well and made new friends and everyone was friendly and easy-going - it was a great weekend. Our new friends Neil and Mary also left this morning which was quite sad as we got on really well with them - hopefully we will catch up with them again somewhere along the line.

I cooked my whiting on the bbq for lunch - yummy!

Tuesday 14th

Ross had to head into town first thing this morning to take the 4wd in for a service and will probably be gone all day so I spent the morning working, then did some tidying up, washed the clothes and then went hunting for worms and pippis for bait for when I go fishing this afternoon. Boris helped with digging the worms again - still trying to work out whether he is more a hindrance than a help!

Some new people turned up, Waynd and Colleen and John and Elaine and they are really nice and we had a good chat. Wayne and Colleen are first-timers as far as free camping goes - they couldn't have picked a better spot to start!

I went fishing and without Ross here to keep him under control Boris insisted on coming with me and swam around and around and around me and kept trying to grab the fishing line and anything else he could get his teeth on - what a pain! Pretty funny though :) . Wayne and co saw what was happening so called him back for me but I still didn't catch any fish worth keeping.

Wednesday 13th

Man it got windy last night! No idea where it came from but it blew a gale! Ross and I had to scurry out in the middle of the night to batton down the hatches! We were too scared to pull the awning in in case it got away from us so we had to settle for tightening the ropes and putting extra ropes on. Our poor old "pop up" shower copped a hammering so we pulled that down but the rest had to wait till morning.

The wind had settled by this morning and everything managed to survive - phew! We might have to be more careful in future and make sure everything is put away every night in case the wind comes up.

We went out and dug for more worms this morning with John and Elaine while Wayne and Colleen went out for crabs with their new rake they bought in Dublin. We got heaps of worms for a change (with Boris' s help of course) and Wayne and Colleen caught a bunch of crabs - way to go guys!

John and I are the only ones keen enough to get wet to go fishing so we took off a little earlier than we should have (we worked that out once we were already in the water) so we spent a bit of time hunting crabs that were swimming around in the water with us. John managed to snag a crab with his hook on his fishing line so be brought that one in but they are a little hard to catch with just fishing hooks - we reckon you need a net - might try that tomorrow. I took a couple of photos of the crabs under the water - pretty cool! We used the scraps of the crabs that were eaten the night before for burley but we still managed only to catch one whiting (or John caught it) that was of legal size - it was fun though. Maybe all the guys that were here over the Easter long weekend were right and you only get the big ones around the full moon.

We had dinner with "the gang" over at the BBQs and at all the crabs they had caught and had a great night.

Thursday 14th

It was a bit chilly today so nobody went out crabbing or fishing.


This afternoon Elaine and I went in to Dublin to get some grog supplies (very important!), we went in Elaine's car and when we got there she asked me to get her purse out of the back seat - guess what - it wasn't there! She had left it back at the caravan! Never mind, I paid for a box of beer and we will go halves and she will pay me back later. I don't think she will ever live it down though - everyone gave her a hard time when we got back to camp.


Friday 15th

We said goodbye to both Wayne and Colleen and John and Elaine this morning. They are both heading in different directions and we are also packing up and going today, but not really sure where we will end up. We might see them somewhere along the road again - who knows? We have had a great time here but it is time to move on and see what else is out there!

We were just about all packed up ready to go when Margaret and Andrew, a (Scottish?) couple we had talked to about a week ago when they drove in to have a look at the campsite turned up with their caravan and we all started chatting, had a cuppa, etc and by that time it was getting late so we decided to stay another night!! They only live about a half an hour away and didn't know about this campsite so they thought they would come and and camp here for a while to see what it's like. Lovely couple.

Another couple also turned up who seem like they would be good to talk to - closer to our age but they are heading off in the morning so we got their details as they are heading roughly in the same direction as us so we might catch up with them somwhere along the line.

Saturday 16th

Ross took off to try his hand at some crabbing this morning with our new rake we bought. I stayed back to finish off my work and then headed out to join him. We came back and by the time we sorted through them to take out the ones that were too small, we ended up with 15 crabs - not bad for a morning's work! I took the bucket out to take the small ones back (apparently you aren't supposed to do that, you are supposed to sort them as you are collecting them). The water was about a kilometre out by that stage so it was a long walk and I remember being told that the Razor Fish were a long way out so I spent the next hour wallowing around looking for Razor Fish - I managed to stumble over two but that was all - must be doing something wrong!

We started to cook the crabs and realised that we had no idea how long to cook them for so we asked one of the campers who was walking past and he happened to be very knowledgeable about the process and told us exactly how to cook them and for how long - obviously we picked the right guy to ask! He also told me that the Razor Fish are much further out than where I was today - about twice as far - blow that!

The fisheries ranger came around after that and despite what everyone had told us he was very friendly and helpful and even gave us some measuring stick for the crabs. He made sure we knew how to measure them and how to look for the females with eggs.

We decided to go fishing for whiting again tonight but the tide wasn't coming in as far as it had been so it wasn't very deep and it was cold and windy so we gave it up for a bad job after about half an hour and no fish.

Sunday 17th

We are definitely leaving today!! We packed up after I finished working, said our goodbye's to everyone and then headed off to the Yorke Peninsula. We stopped in at Ardrossen for a look as we had been gazing at it across the water for the last two weeks and wanted a closer look. There is a big long jetty going out into the water there are there were hundreds of people fishing off of it! We couldn't believe how busy it was! According to one of our camp books there was a camp site at Tiddy Widdy Beach which is just near there but when we went to have a look we couldn't find it so guessed it was closed. It didn't look like a very inviting place to camp anyway.

It was getting late so we decided to head to Maitland where there is an overnight rest stop with toilets. We thought we could stay there the night and then work out where to go after that. We had a bit of a walk around town and without anything else to do watched a movie and went to bed - not a very exciting town!

6th April - 12th April

Monday 6th

After I fisished work we headed into town to do a bit of shopping and look for a couple of things that we had been wanting to get for a little while. Ross had already rang to find out about getting his car serviced and found out that it couldn't be done until after Easter - a week away! Darn it! We found a campsite that is about an hour north of where we will get the car fixed so we will head up there when we can.

By the time we did all the running around we needed to do we had run out of time and we still hadn't got to Whitworths which is in Port Adelaide, so we camped the night right on the water at Port Adelaide ready to go to Whitworth's in the morning. We were really surprised by Port Adelaide, we thought it would be a thriving area but it is dead! They are planning on tearing down a big old building right on the water and make it fancy apartments etc, so not sure if that will bring the place back to life or not.

Tuesday 7th

After work we did a bit of shopping and headed off to find a new campsite for the next week. Being Easter we need to get into somewhere soon before everyone turns up for the holidays. We found a really nice campsite called Port Parham near Dublin that is right on the beach. It is right in the middle of nowhere but we were really surprised to find how many people were camped here already.

The beach is really weird and is VERY shallow, so much so that even with the tide right in it is only half a meter deep and when the tide goes out you have to walk for about a kilometre before you hit the water - we have never seen anything like that before. Also, when the tide comes in it comes in a walking pace - weird!

We made friends pretty quickly with the neighbours and had happy hour before it got too cold to stay outside. The weather is definitely turning into winter now. It is strange, only a week ago the whether was sweltering hot and now it has turned freezing! The nights are really cold and there is a really cold wind blowing here at the moment.

A couple of German people turned up after dark in a station wagon so I went over to say hello to them as they seemed to be without much in the way of gear - they had a station wagon - that's it - no tent, no roofracks on the wagon, just a couple of chairs and a little burner to cook their food. I reckon they are pretty brave. They have been travelling around that was for several months and still have another seven months to go doing the same thing - just goes to show you that you don't need nearly as much gear as everyone reckons you do and I started to think about all the stuff I have with me that I dont really need!

Wednesday 8th

A couple of the guys were going crabbing this morning so Ross, Boris and I decided to join them to see what it was all about. They all had proper dive boot-type footwear (including Ross) but I didn't so I wore my crocs - aaggh!! I didn't realsie that it would be so muddy and I kept getting stuck in the mud and losing my shoes - it was really hard going. The ocean isn't supposed to be muddy! I think because it is so shallow the mud doesn't get washed away? Anyway, you take a metal rake and wade through the mud and slush and weeds and when you come to a bare patch of sand you rake around and if there is a crab in there it will grab onto the rake and then you put it in a bucket! It was pretty fun and we caught a few crabs (blue swimmers). Lots of them were too small and we had to put them back but the group of us ended up with 12 in total which is probably not a lot but we had fun doing it.

There were professional crab-catchers out there picking up crabs too - I don't think that I had THAT good a time that I would bother taking it up for a living but I reckon if I got my hands on a set of waders (gumboots attatched to rubber pants) I would do it again. We cooked the crabs up and I had some for dinner - YUMMY!


Thursday 9th

When we woke up this morning there was a van parked near us but we didn't know when it came in or who was in it and we didn't see any movement for most of the day. After lunch a young guy finally emerged and we started chatting to him and found out that his name is Hadleigh and he comes from England and is here for a few months travelling around by himself. He had a few problems the night before with finding the camping area he was going to originally wsa closed for renovations, problems with his GPS and finding this place, etc, etc and didn't end up getting into here until 2 am - no wonder we didn't hear him! He is a lovely guy and we got on well with him and he liked Boris which is very important!! He unfortunately didn't have a doona with him and had been pretty cold last night so he is going to go into Adelaide and get one and then possibly come back here if he can't find anywhere else to stay.

Well, it's Easter weekend and late this afternoon a bunch of people started turning up to stay here for the Easter break - we thought it was pretty busy before - we are packed in like sardines now!! What a popular little spot!!

We had a BBQ with Neil and Mary tonight which was great - they are a great couple and we get on well with them.

Hadleigh came back fairly late and had bought himself a doona and a couple of other goodies including a new little single gas burner that we had a bit of trouble getting going initially but eventually Ross got his screwdriver out and got it going!

Friday 10th

Hadleigh took off this morning, he is heading down the Great Ocean Road - I hope he has a great time and meets lots of nice people along the way.

We had an easy day and had happy hour and played cards with Neil and Mary this afternoon.

Saturday 11th

I decided that it was the thing to do to go fishing for whiting as it seems that's what everyone else comes here for. Apparently the best "free" bait is worms which you dig up from the beach. I reckon that looks like too much hard work so I tried plastics. Guess what? They don't work! I waded out with the rest of the boys and Boris came too but he proved not to be at all helpful when he chased the line every time I cast it out and when he couldn't catch the bait he resorted to trying to chew on the line!! I ended up sending him back - wonder why??!! Anyway, I didn't even get a nibble so it looks like I am going to have to do it the hard way tomorrow - darn it all!

Sunday 12th

Neil, Ross and I (accompanied by Boris) went looking for worms this morning. It actually wasn't nearly as hard work as it looked and was quite fun, especially when Boris decided he was going to help and started digging as well! There were also a couple of kids who were there helping us as well.

When we went over to the BBQ's for lunch there was a guy there who had just brought back a bunch of "Razor Fish" which aren't fish at all, they are more like giant mussels or something and the bits he was throwing away we decided to keep and try to see whether they would catch whiting as well.

About mid-afternoon Neil and I hit the water to go fishing. Because the water isn't very deep you just wade out as far as you like and throw your line in - there are always heaps of people out there doing it and they all have their special gear like waders and floating buckets - looks pretty funny actually! Neil and I had a secret plan that we reckon was going to catch us a million whiting. The guy who gave us the Razor Fish guts also lent us his floating bucket too as well as all the scraps of the Razor Fish. We took all the scraps out and dumped them near where we wanted to go fishing and then moved away and cast our lines towards where we dumped the Razor Fish. Well, as soon as the line hit the water the fish were jumping on our lines!! It was awesome! I had two hooks on the line and I pulled in two fish at a time!...... That lasted about 5 minutes and then we worked out that we had made a bit of a blunder because the tide was still on it's way in and we started getting a little more wet than we planned - darn it!! We had to move closer in to shore and we lost our secret advantage. We didn't catch any more fish after that but we were getting plenty of bites and had a great afternoon.

Once the mighty hunters returned from their fishing trip we had showers and headed down to the local club/pub for $5. 00 fish and chips. They were quite nice fish and chips and the meal was so big I couldn't eat all mine - not bad - a pretty good day all round I reckon!!

30th March - 5th April

Well, we've had a great week. We left the houseboat Thursday morning after staying the last night in Berri just outside the pub. We moved on to Mannum to visit with some old family friends who we have known since we were little tackers - John and Jan Doughty who used to be our neighbours when we lived on the farm in Echunga.

We had a great time visiting with them and caught up on 30 years of gossip! They live on their housbeat and are currently caretakers for the place they are going to be putting the new marina for Mannum.

On Friday they very kindly offered to babysit Boris for us so we could go and visit the Monato Zoo where they keep African animals. I have always wanted to go on safari in Africa but of course could never afford it so I reckon this is the next best thing! We had a great time and I reckon the price is pretty good for what you get. You pay $22.00 per person and you get to go on a coach tour with a commentator who tells you all about the animals. You drive right through their paddocks and they come up to the bus - it was great - especially the giraffes. There are walking tracks so you can walk around and see them all yourself or there are shuttle buses that take you around and drop you off and pick you up. It was a great day out.

I just love how they build houses around here - there are so many gorgeous old stone houses, outbuildings, etc, etc built out of stone and they are just fantastic - love them!

The next day we said goodbye to Jan and John and headed for Hahndorf followed by Echunga - my old home town via Birdwood - Ross wanted to go to the National Motor Museum - of course. He reckoned it was just ace and I sat in the car babysitting Boris and doing some work on the computer. When he came out, I asked for fish and chips so while I finished up my work Ross walked across the road to Cafe Blumberg and got fish and chips - I reckon they were just about the best fish and chips I had ever had!! YUMMY!! If you ever go there you have to get some. I went in and told the owner how good they were and she said that they go to a lot of trouble to get them that way and do all sorts of special things to make them the best - I was pretty impressed!

I hadn't been back to Echunga for about 30 years and I was only 10 when I left so I didn't remember all that much. We walked around Hahndorf for a couple of hours - a great touristy place that is an old German town and has heaps of great shops - I reckon the best one was the candlemaker - I reckon I could have taken half his shop home with me!

We drove around Echunga which still looks exactly the same as it did when I was a kid! We then went out to our old chicken farm which has definitely changed and then walked around the old gold mines that we used to play in when we were kids - it's a bit different now - they have fences all around the mines and they didn't when we were kids - if you want to know a funny story ask one of my family about the guy who fell in one of them on his motorbike!

We camped the night at the parking area for the gold mines and are planning to walk up and see the people in our old farm to see if they remember us!

Sunday 5th April

Ross wandered around the gold fields again while I did some work, there was a big tunnel that you could go down that we spotted yesterday but you needed a light, so he went back this morning to check it out and guess what? He forgot his light! He went through anyway but didn't see much of course. When I finished working we both went back and took torches this time - it is about 80 metres long and it was pretty interesting. Following that we went down to our old farm to introduce ourselves. The people who are living there now are the Van Doorns? (something like that) and they had been there for about four years and didn't know too much about previous owners. Nevertheless we had a great conversation and I told them about what used to be where, etc. The farm has been broken up and there is an extra house further down the hill where one of the chicken sheds used to be and I think there is only one or two sheds left, all the others had been pulled down (or fell down).

After that we headed off towards Adelaide as we want to go to Adelaide tomorrow sometime so we wanted to find a place to camp nearby. We stopped at McLaren Vale at a little roadside stop near the information centre that had free BBQ's and toilets, etc.