Marble Hill Ruins

Bush fires are a part of life in South Australia. In the early eighties, even the home of the Governor was taken by this natural force. On the second Sunday of every month, the ruins of this once-great estate are open to the public.




Parts of it have been restored, others simply preserved. The view from the tower was incredible.

A visit to the farm...

Here we are in Minlaton. It's the "Barley Capital of the World." Jackie's brother runs the family farm and he took us (along with a load of grain) to a nearby port.

I got to ride on the harvester!!! It's big sky country for sure!

Our "shack" weekend in Port Augusta

We were invited by our friend Pauline to be "international guests at the shack" and were immediately intrigued. We traveled to Port Augusta for this particular adventure. Another weekend full of good food, Aussie wine, excellent friends (old and new) and laughs. We had the best time. We flew over the Flinders Ranges and the Gulf and went crabbing for blue swimmer crabs. What a great time!

Wildlife sightings

We were privileged several times during this holiday, catching wild things doing their thing. It was incredible to turn a bend and find ourselves face to face with wallabies, koalas, superb fairy wrens and kookaburras.....and various tiny critters...

Great Ocean Road

We left the heat and humidity of Darwin and we flew back to Adelaide. After about a half an hour at home we had dumped our tropical clothes and repacked for the next leg of the journey...The Great Ocean Road!

We took our time... drove a bit each day and stayed in little coastal towns. The air was chilly and the coast was pretty wild. Beautiful!