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Ararat to Hepburn Springs With a late night last night, and no real hurry to leave, it was a great sleep in morning.  With a long and recharging shower and a leisurely breakfast with more chit chat around the breakfast bar.  Touring certainly makes you appreciate these things in life. While having breakfast, I wasContinue reading “Gold Rush steeped in history”

Naracoorte Caves, SA to Ararat, VIC Another gloomy and dreary morning.  With light drizzle meant that I didn’t want to get out of bed.  However seeing that in the are the winds were due to pick up, I decided to get out of there as soon as I could.  Packed the bags, went to getContinue reading “The Arapiles / Grampians – Victoria’s Uluru”

Naracoorte Caves, South Australia – Watch out for the carnivorous Drop Bears! Next day I was lucky that I had a sleep in, as the first of the day’s cave tours didn’t start till about 9am or past o’clock.  Was just as well to get some extra Z’s after last night’s terrible sleep.  And outsideContinue reading “Carnivorous ‘Drop Bears’”

Adelaide – Naracoorte Caves I knew on the way back towards Melbourne I wanted to check out the Grampians, however when I went for the aimless meander ride the other day, I worked out that there were some special limestone caves a bit before the Grampians that would be work checking out. What makes thisContinue reading “World Heritage Fossil Caves”

Day 3: Adelaide surrounds: The BIG Olives & Winery Country I spent the next couple of days bumming about Adelaide, on foot for a change, looking that the city centre and some of the gardens around the city.  It is a totally different city compared to Melbourne, that’s for sure.  The city itself looked aContinue reading “The Olives & Winery Country”