This was a lovely place to camp. The surroundings are beautiful. When I went to have a shower I saw a huge brown beetle in the basin and my first spider in Australia. It was lurking under the soap tray in the shower! It wasn’t that big or particularly scary or poisonous looking so I got on with my shower. Because these showers are semi outdoors there were loads of dead and alive insects about. After brekky I went for a walk from the camp site through the gu...

It had been a hot and uncomfortable night even with the fan and I didn't sleep that well. Never mind, it's not a problem and I'm sure there'll be plenty more hot nights. I'd had a really great time in Parachilna but after breakfast I had to go. The plan was to drive back to Port Augusta and then onto the Mount Remarkable National Park. It took just over two hours to get back to Port Augusta including a fuel stop at Hawker. It was a very lonely road and I hardly s...

I wasn’t planning on doing a walk today but after breakfast I set off for a stroll anyway. I intended to do the Drought Busters walk which was only 2 kilometres. I started this walk and saw emus again. They really are mad birds! Anyhow about a quarter of the way into this walk there was a sign for the Mount Ohlssen Bagge walk. I had thought of doing this walk yesterday but had decided on the walk to the Wilpena Pound lookout instead. Anyhow what swung it wa...

****** IMPORTANT E-MAIL INFORMATION ********** Those of you who have been using my [email protected] email please don't use it again as it no longer works and I will be unable to get your messages. Please use the following e-mail address instead:- [email protected] OBSERVATION OF THE DAY Germans are extremely annoying! I had a lovely night at Rawnsley Station. It was very peaceful. I didn't drive far today, only about 40 kilometres to Wilpena to...

It was very cold last night. The coldest night in ages. It was socks and two sleeping bags. I wasn't bothered though as it's very cosy in the camper. I had quite a long drive today, about 350 kilometres, to the Flinders Ranges. I hit the road at ten and drove up through Whyalla and on to Port Augusta. I stopped here for some petrol and to get some food. I noticed a IGA Foodland on the way through which was good. The road was very winding out of Port Augusta but s...