Notes of sort:
Another OZ slang word: No worries! This is a newbie for me since getting close to Victoria and Adelaide. Must be the southern slang for mate...!
Tan line: During my travels dressed like the Michelin icon. My tan line goes from the edge of my gloves to the start of the jacket. It varies from 1 inch or less. Talk about sun screen.....
Washing clothes in a sheep dip tank: I have found the cure all for washing clothes on the run. When your socks get so ripe that your motorcycle boots start changing colors. Find the nearest sheep farmer and ask if it is possible to use the dip tank. As all of your clothes are of the new high tech clothing that dries on the fly......A good 3 dip can keep you content for weeks on end.
Box Wine: Yalumba - Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 vintage in a very fashionable 2 litre black cardboard box
Copley – Parachina – Brachina Gorge – Bunyeroo Gorge – Wilpena - Hawker (SA)
South from Copley to the Geological Scenic drive through the Brachina Gorge and Bunyeroo scenic drive. The initial 5 kms had just terrible corrugations but once through that the road levels out. It is a bit rough in some sections but worth the drive. The road brings you just out side Hawker. Stopped in Hawker for lunch at the grocery/cafe and the night at the Big 4 caravan site. The Mobile Gas station in town has a good selection of books on 1800’s Australian history.
Hawker-Quorn-Wilmington-Melrose-Gladstone-Crystal Brook-Snowtown-Kadina-Moonta-Minlaton-Yorketown-Coobowie.
It had to be one of the most enjoyable, picturesque rides that I've been on a very long time. Just about all farm country but with small town’s 20-50 km apart. Reminds you of traveling through New Zealand.
Yorke Peninsula - Coobowie
Spent the next few days at the Big 4 Caravan site in Coobowie. The Yorke Peninsula has both good dirt roads and great scenery and it was worth the time spent.
Coobowie – Ardrossan – Port Wakefield – A1 –A17 – A3 – A13 – Morphett Vale – Mt Compass – Victor Harbor - Port Elliot
As the two previous nights had been just a bit wet in the tent, the last night at the Coobowie Caravan site was spent in a very dry cabin.....TV, heater, dry, dry and even dryer cabin.
Followed the coast road to Port Wakefield, small farming communities throughout. Once reaching Port Wakefield you then hit the main road to Adelaide and life gets just a bit busier. It was A1 to A17 to A3 and finally to A13 which runs you straight down to Victor Harbor. At the round-about you hook a left for Port Elliot and there you are at Big 4 Caravan site for the next couple of days. A very nice site and being that Adelaide is just 50 kms north, both Victor Harbor and Port Elliot are just an extension of the big city itself.
Fleurieu Peninsula: While in Port Elliot spent the day touring the peninsula. Starting from Victor Harbor and going SE out of town. Find the first dirt road and don't get off of it until you have covered them all. All of the dirt roads are in good shape and with great scenery along with the ride. Eventually you end up at Cape Jervis, the ferry that crosses the channel to Kangaroo Island, and if the weather is right you might see a roo or two. From Cape Jervis follow the sealed road back to Victor Harbor. Along with the Yorke Peninsula, the Fleurieu Peninsula has to be one of the better scenic rides.
And a great bakery in Port Elliot
And friendly neighbors
Next stop is Robe.
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