After a very rushed departure we are on our way. Day 5 into our journey our travelling companions have run into overheating trouble in their 18 mnth old patrol, its at the repair shop in port Augusta. We are enjoying spencer gulf and meeting other travellers in the caravan park. We free camped at Nyah harness racing club which was great, then free camped at martins bend Berri , then Oororoo and now park at port Augusta. The flinders ranges chewed the fuel but the Bt 50 went great. As did the diesel heater. I just wanted to share our happiness with those that helped to prepare us for our journey.
Shogun said
05:55 AM Aug 10, 2013
Great to hear you are on your way, have a fantastic trip
gooba53 said
03:09 PM Aug 10, 2013
Thanks for your best wishes.
Dianne and Stuart
buffy61 said
03:39 PM Aug 10, 2013
Great to hear you are off!! We are counting down the days til we depart!! Have fun out there!!!
Dougwe said
05:06 PM Aug 10, 2013
Sounds a great start to a great trip Dianne and Stuart, not the tug problem bit though, keep enjoying the playground as I'm sure you will.
Gerty Dancer said
05:09 PM Aug 10, 2013
Good onya Gooba, hope your mates get their tug sorted, glad all is well with yours.
You seem to have travelled a long distance in 5 days, do you have a commitment/deadline somewhere? We found we got very tired travelling so far so fast.
The Flinders Ranges can take weeks to explore, hope you will be able to return to that magic area.
freehazzas said
10:33 PM Aug 10, 2013
Sounds like your having a ball. Never thought of camping at a harness racing track before. Good idea.
capricorn and pisces said
02:30 AM Aug 11, 2013
Good for you, Stuart and Dianne, enjoy yourselves. Like a lot of others we too are counting down the days (perhaps that should be weeks!)
take time to really explore or make a note to come back another time as Gerty suggests. cheers Capricorn
neilnruth said
05:31 AM Aug 11, 2013
Enjoy your trip gooba53 without any dramas. Hope your friends' get their car fixed quickly.
Cruising Granny said
05:45 AM Aug 11, 2013
It's all about time. Take it to enjoy where you are. At the rate you're travelling I'm not surprised the tug is running hot.
Please slow down and take it all in. From where you are the Flinders Ranges just about jump out and grab you. Go with it. Feel it.
At this time of the year everything is looking pretty lush, and almost dust free.
I've been parked at Border Village for a couple of days waiting for a job back to Adelaide. Days are balmy but nights are cold.
We enjoyed the phenomenon of a fog bow this morning as the fog hovered. Enjoy!
gooba53 said
10:01 PM Aug 11, 2013
Have to agree with a lot of your observations. We did do a real lot of miles in the first couple of days. Not what I had expected but as we are the new comers travelling with the others we kinda went with it in the beginning. My husband did have to say it was too much and my companions said it was only to get out of the cold weather. I can't say I've seen much of the flinders ranges, just whizzed through but I know for sure from this taste we need to come back and do it at our own pace.
We are still at Port Augusta as the car isn't fixed yet. It has been a blessing in disguise as we've had time to do our washing and fix a couple of little things of our own.
To those counting down, it will be worth it! Even with the couple of hick ups its been a great experience (a short one so far but a goodie)
After a very rushed departure we are on our way. Day 5 into our journey our travelling companions have run into overheating trouble in their 18 mnth old patrol, its at the repair shop in port Augusta. We are enjoying spencer gulf and meeting other travellers in the caravan park. We free camped at Nyah harness racing club which was great, then free camped at martins bend Berri , then Oororoo and now park at port Augusta. The flinders ranges chewed the fuel but the Bt 50 went great. As did the diesel heater. I just wanted to share our happiness with those that helped to prepare us for our journey.
Dianne and Stuart
You seem to have travelled a long distance in 5 days, do you have a commitment/deadline somewhere? We found we got very tired travelling so far so fast.
The Flinders Ranges can take weeks to explore, hope you will be able to return to that magic area.
Good for you, Stuart and Dianne, enjoy yourselves. Like a lot of others we too are counting down the days (perhaps that should be weeks!)
take time to really explore or make a note to come back another time as Gerty suggests. cheers Capricorn
Please slow down and take it all in. From where you are the Flinders Ranges just about jump out and grab you. Go with it. Feel it.
At this time of the year everything is looking pretty lush, and almost dust free.
I've been parked at Border Village for a couple of days waiting for a job back to Adelaide. Days are balmy but nights are cold.
We enjoyed the phenomenon of a fog bow this morning as the fog hovered. Enjoy!
We are still at Port Augusta as the car isn't fixed yet. It has been a blessing in disguise as we've had time to do our washing and fix a couple of little things of our own.
To those counting down, it will be worth it! Even with the couple of hick ups its been a great experience (a short one so far but a goodie)
Cheers Dianne an Stuart