Killing time in Port Augusta

  Port Augusta was an unexpected extended stay due to the issues with our clutch which I alluded to here and here. After lobbing up at Holden's reception as soon as they'd opened, we ended up spending half of our Monday morning hanging out at Hungry Jack’s which was across the road from the Holden dealership and …

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Farewell Flinders Ranges… we will return!

Warning - epic long post ahead! After nearly a week spent in the Flinders Ranges (including an extra day more than anticipated), it’s now time to move on. This is a place that we will definitely come back to although I suspect that there will be many places on our trip that we will vow …

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All aboard for Peterborough – toot toot!

After our wet start in Broken Hill, we proceeded to Peterborough where we spent 2 nights at the Peterborough Caravan Park. The girls were happy as there was a pretty little park with a big playground next door and heaps of space to finally get the bikes off the bike rack for their first ride …

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The low down on Broken Hill

Broken Hill is one of those places I had always wanted to visit but given it was only three hours away, I never wanted to 'waste' my weekends or holidays to go and visit.  Overall, my assessment would be that it's a really interesting place, of mismatched pieces that don't seem to have been finished or …

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The day of reckoning

So today we spent most of the afternoon preparing and packing for our departure tomorrow.  After family photos at the Homestead in the morning, we ran around sorting out some last minute things before getting stuck into getting organised. A final cull of all the non-essential stuff was done, yielding a nice little pile of …

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T-minus 1 week and counting

I have just come back from a writing conference today and am so tired that my eyes are bugging out of my head! But I couldn't go to bed without acknowledging this fast approaching, life-altering deadline! With my to-do list (that is over 2 pages long) MIA, tomorrow is set to be a busy day …

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The highs and lows

It's so nice to see the end of what has been a massive week! Emotional, exhausting and finally over, I'm looking forward to turning my mind towards our impending departure date and crossing off the items on my growing to do list over the next two weeks! To recap (coz I'm too tired to elaborate): …

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Dreams in the making

Hi!!! Remember me? I used to write random stuff here quite frequently once upon a time! One day soon I shall address all of that and why I've been AWOL, but today I felt compelled to write (thank god, it's coming back!). I knew that it would eventually, but for a little while I wasn't …

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