Today we walked the Mark Bonnin walk. We both walked as C walkers. All vehicles took the same road out approximately 17 km from the homestead. The vehicles for the B walkers stopped at the turnoff from the road and they walked from there. The C walkers drove in to the car park and startedContinue reading “Hiltaba day 4- 26/5/21”
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Hiltaba Trip Day 3
Today we walked the David Cleland walking trail. This is the latest of the trails marked across Hiltaba and fairly gentle. They are trying to build us up to the harder walks. The walking trails are named after the founders fo the Nature Foundation – David Cleland being one of them. We all walked togetherContinue reading “Hiltaba Trip Day 3”
Hiltaba Trip Day 2 -Pirie to Hiltaba
We left Port Pirie at about 9am, having said good morning and goodbye to all. This included Matthew! It was an overcast day, but the predicted temp at Hiltaba was 27 today so we were wearing just T Shirts, with jumpers packed away. As we headed along the highway the gulf to our left wasContinue reading “Hiltaba Trip Day 2 -Pirie to Hiltaba”
Hiltaba Trip. Day 1 23/5/21
This was the first day of a trip away with our walking group to Hiltaba Station. We had two starts to this trip. The first time we made it to the fuel station at Gepps Cross only to find that the fuel cap would not come off!! We had a new long range fuel tankContinue reading “Hiltaba Trip. Day 1 23/5/21”
Sunday 25/4/21
Sunday 25th of April we celebrated Anzac Day by orienteering at Crooked Straight and then having dinner with our Orienteering Club (Tintookies) at the Renmark Hotel.
Saturday 24/4/21
An over view of Saturday 24/4/21 – camping at Crooked Straight and competing at Bunyip Reach Orienteering.
On our way to Renmark 23/4/21
The first is a series of posts covering our trip to Renmark for Orienteering. I thought I would try out the “Trackmytour” app on my phone and ended up with a map like this of my tour . If you want to have a look go to https://trackmytour.com/jQHvg I think that this has potential asContinue reading “On our way to Renmark 23/4/21”
Heading North for Easter 2/4/21
We drove out of the yard at pretty much exactly 10:30 am-the end of our time allowed window. It had taken us two and a half hours to be ready! The fridge is full ready for four days. How will we ever manage a couple of weeks between shops in a couple of months time?Continue reading “Heading North for Easter 2/4/21”
Meldanda 21/12/20
A trip to Meldanda (near Cambrai) to see the Great Conjunction. Great Spot and a lovely touristy trip home.
Christmas 2020 Letter
Our Christmas Update for 2020