Author Archives: committedtravellers

Only a couple of cafes open on Sundays in Broken Hill. I drove to Gourmet Crib Tin Cafe for our take away coffees. The coffee is good but the food display didn’t look very gourmet. After breakfast I put on the first load of washing. Bluey was in need of a bath, but he triedContinue reading “Domestic Day”

After yummy banana hotcakes, we farewelled our hosts and our friends, then headed to our first pit stop at Peterborough. We just propped in the main street, which doesn’t seem to have changed since any of our previous trips through this old railway town. The two storey Railway Hotel is on the opposite corner toContinue reading “Walloway to Broken Hill”

We were the last van to leave Jamestown caravan park, but were not in a hurry. I topped up the tank for the diesel heater, and put 10 litres into our jerry can. This old truck was on display in the service station. Our next stop was the Jamestown car wash that has a truckContinue reading “Jamestown to Walloway”

We left Nuriootpa about 9am to drive to Greenock for breakfast at El Estanco, but our breakfasts were disappointing. On our last trip to this part of SA, we had lovely meals at this venue, but it has changed hands. The cacti garden is still impressive. This old tree growing near the cafe is takingContinue reading “Nuriootpa to Jamestown”

We walked from the caravan park to Barista Sista for coffee and sourdough fruit toast. I walked Bluey back to get the car as Anita did more shopping. Park Ave runs between the rear of the shops and North Para River. Vines grow the other side of the river, and on Park Ave I wasContinue reading “Jobs at Nuriootpa”

Today our dear Roadie friend Chris Riley passed away. She bravely battled several different types of cancer from her teenage years through to her seventies, but she couldn’t beat the last one. Chris and Bill have been together for more than 52 years. Chris had hoped to make it to their 50th wedding anniversary laterContinue reading “Auburn to Nuriootpa”

We finally had a couple of very light rain showers at Auburn, but a lot more is needed. Our lunch venue today was not pet friendly, so the pooches had to stay home in their respective RVs. We kept our critters under camera surveillance and monitored the temperature in the Bushtracker. We drove to PolishContinue reading “Mintaro”

Frost on the ground this morning and ice in the washing bucket! The minimum overnight temperature was -2°C. I left a seat cushion cover soaking overnight. When I lifted the brush, the seat cover came up as a frozen lump. A more serious problem caused by sub-zero temperatures is condensation in the caravan. We ranContinue reading “Watervale Hotel”

An ambulance came to our caravan park this morning. A little while later, a woman was looking for the dump site that she had just walked past. She told me that her husband had been taken to hospital and she didn’t know how to use the dump site. I  showed her the way there andContinue reading “Brighton Beach to Auburn”

Yesterday I made sure Tilly had lots of exercise and attention, because she was going to be left alone in the van most of the evening. After one of her walks, I left her lying outside in the laundry bag, but she hopped out and flattened the bag after dragging it onto the sand WhenContinue reading “A Great Night Out”