A Ramble Around Australia

—- With our caravan in tow

In January 2022, after a long wait, we finally picked up our new (and first) caravan with plans in place to travel around Australia over the next many years.

The purpose of this page is to provide a summary of our travels and act as a jumping off point to individual trips and entries.

Since picking up the caravan I have travelled 296 days (to mid July 2023) but only now feel able to commit to a regular writing up of my travels. Accordingly, I will be starting entries at Day 297 of our grand tour as we commence the next section, from Adelaide to Canberra return using different inland routes there and back. As time permits I will add entries for the missing 296 days!

(The picture above was taken in July 2022 on the bank of the Towns River in Limmen National Park, Northern Territory, one of the most remote parts of Australia).

Trips Index

Adelaide to Canberra – Day 297 – ????

• • Day 297 – Adelaide to Murray Bridge – On the road again
  • Day 298 – Part 1 – Monarto Safari Park – Murray Bridge
  • Day 298 – Part 2 – Monarto Safari Park – Murray Bridge
  • Day 299 – Part 1 – Kinchina Conservation Park and Rocky Gully Wetland – Murray Bridge
  • Day 299 – Part 2 – A Walk around Murray Bridge
  • Day 300 – Murray Bridge to Swan Reach – incorporating the disposal of certain caravan waste
  • Day 301 – Swanning around at Swan Reach
  • Day 302 –Part 1 -Mid Murray Eco Drive – Swan Reach – Mannum
  • Day 302 – Part 2 – A quick stop in Mannum, South Australia
  • Days 303 – 304 – Swan Reach to Tailem Bend
  • Day 305 – Part 1 – Out and about – Tailem Bend to Wellington and back
  • Day 305 – Part 2 – Out and about – Tailem Bend to Wellington – Pangarinda Botanic Garden
  • Day 306 – Part 1 – Time to get moving – off to Pinnaroo via Karoonda
  • Day 306 – Part 2 – Pinnaroo – An Overnighter before leaving South Australia 
  • Day 307 – The Murray – Sunset National Park, Pink Lakes and Salt Harvesting
  • Day 308 – The Murray – Sunset National Park – More Pink Lakes 
  • Day 309 – From Pink Lakes to Sea Lake via Patchewollock 
  • Day 310 – Sea Lake and another painted silo and pink lake
  • Day 311 – Kerang – A stroll around town and along the Loddon River
  • Day 312 – A drive around The Kerang Lakes 
  • Day 313 – A look around Cohuna, by Gunblower Creek
  • Day 314 – Gunblower Island – Not the drive we had planned
  • Day 315 – Barham – Koondrook on the Murray 
  • Day 316 – Echuca and a surprise festival
  • Day 317 – Moama, New South Wales
  • Day 318 – A side trip to Melbourne
  • Day 319 – A wander around the (Old) Port of Echuca
  • Days 320 – 321 – R & R at a Winery – Milawa
  • Day 322 – A rather gloomy afternoon in Wangaratta
  • Day 323 – A night in Woomargama
  • Day 324

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