"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." RLS
In my review on Tennyson Dunes I indicated that overtime housing has encroached into the sand dunes and that such housing, with one exception, was bland, if not cheap. I imagine an estate agent (realtor) selling it may describe it differently. The exception is Estcourt House, the subject of this review. Continue reading “Estcourt House”
Sand dunes used to be found right along the coast of Gulf St Vincent from Outer Harbor to Brighton. Development has meant that the dunes (and to be fair we are not talking about Sahara type sand dunes here, but rather something significantly more modest) have been removed, built on, punctuated by roads, cycle and walking paths or otherwise compromised such that most, and in many cases, all of the native coastal vegetation and wildlife has been displaced. Re-vegetation programs at various spots along the coast has reversed this to some, very limited, degree. Continue reading “Tennyson Dunes”
Semaphore is located on the LeFevre Peninsula by the Gulf St Vincent, 14kms to the north west of Adelaide city centre and a few kilometres from Port Adelaide.
Of numerous beach resorts on Gulf St Vincent Semaphore is one of my favourite, if not my favourite, and I certainly recommend you visit it. Continue reading “Semaphore – A More Traditional Seaside Resort”
Largs Bay is the smallest of a number of seaside resorts on Gulf St Vincent and is within easy reach of Adelaide city centre (15kms). Located between Semaphore and Outer Harbor it is certainly worth a stop if you are driving around the LeFevre Peninsula or riding along the cycle path which runs from Outer Harbor, in the north, to Brighton, in the south. Outside the natural beauty of the coastline the historic Largs Pier Hotel is worthy a look. Continue reading “Largs Bay And The Largs Pier Hotel”
Dear Reader, if you are not familiar with my propensity for an occasional (some would say frequent) foray into the obscure in my reviews you may be wondering why I have used a picture of a piece of empty parkland as my main image illustrating this review. Do bear with me and all will be revealed. Continue reading “The Goat Lady”
Outer Harbor Station, on the northern tip of the Lefevre Peninsula on the Gulf St Vincent, is the terminus of the Outer Harbor Line which starts in the city at Adelaide Railway Station. Continue reading “Outer Harbor Station And Its Artwork”
The NASA Deep Space Network is a network of antennas supporting interplanetary spacecraft movements, radio and radar astronomy observations and various earth orbiting missions.
To achieve 24 hour monitoring NASA maintains three deep space communication facilities placed at around 120 degrees apart around the world; Gladstone in California’s Mojave Desert, Madrid in Spain and here at Tidbinbilla here in Canberra. Continue reading “Monitoring Space Travel at CDSCC”
It is certainly worth the trip to see this historic property on the outskirts of Canberra. Continue reading “Lanyon Homestead”
While generally not associated with Aboriginal artefacts and art a small amount does exist in the Canberra area. Continue reading “Aboriginal “Grinding Grooves””
Like all other lakes in Canberra , Lake Tuggeranong is an artificial lake. It was constructed in 1987 coinciding with urban development in the area. The foreshore of the lake is parkland, with swimming, fishing, wind-surfing and non-motorised boating all permitted. A shared bicycle/walking path surrounds the lake, running for 6.7 kilometres. Continue reading “Lake Tuggeranong – Enjoy a Great Walk”
The Rambling Wombat 