SA – Not nomads yet!

Spurred into action

It’s been a bit of time since we last posted. Not because we haven’t travelled but we haven’t done a big trip. We are in that time of life where kids are at school and every school holiday is taken up by one of us working and the other is doing the school holiday thing. We try to do a trip once a year but it depends how much leave is up our sleeves around September. Most trips are a day or two unfortunately.

This year we had the chance and just recently we returned from a trip to the Flinders ranges. It was very wet and a completely different sight to see compared to when it’s dry. So we were spurred to take a trip and I was spurred into action this morning when Miriam from the Out an’ About blog posted a comment on our blog.

So without further hesitation here is our trip. Put the kettle on and settle in for our latest adventure. It’s 22 minutes long so enjoy.

The Big Wet. Flinders Ranges – 2016

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Rapid Bay, SA

Sssh! Don’t tell anyone. If anyone ever asks this place doesn’t exist.

If you are in SA and you are looking for a great place to stretch out and relax then I couldn’t think of a better place than Rapid Bay.

Rapid Bay is south of Adelaide on the way to Cape Jervis and the Kangaroo Island ferry.

Wikipedia states “South Australia Colonial Surveyor General Colonel William Light made his first landfall on mainland South Australia at Rapid Bay on 8 September 1836. The site was named after Light’s ship, the 162 ton brig Rapid. To mark this historic landfall the Colonel’s initials, “W.L.”, were carved into a large boulder – a replica is visible in the township, while the original is stored in the South Australian Museum, in Adelaide. The first European child born on mainland South Australia was delivered at Rapid Bay on 7 November 1836. His name was John Rapid Hoare“.

It’s an old BHP constructed town and the jetty was built to load ore onto ships. The town was handed to the SA government in 1982 at no cost.

What’s left is a very quiet* little beachside camping spot. It’s just $7/adult and $3.50/child per night.

There’s a new jetty beside the old one that is used for fishing and has a scuba diving platform. We saw some scuba divers and a seal while we stayed here. I’ve heard dolphin sightings are also common.

Our girls loved playing in the beach and riding their bikes. We had a great spot to relax and could keep an eye on the girls.

We took a drive to the nearby town of Cape Jervis. The girls loved watching the ferry coming and going and I was amazed and the shear size of the wind turbines at nearby Starfish Hill wind Farm.

Cape Jervis has the most modern looking lighthouse I’ve ever seen. I’d like to know its history.

*Apparently long weekends and holiday times can be quiet busy here. We were here in the middle of the SA school holidays and it was fine.

Cockatoo Lake, SA

Sitting on the foreshore of Cockatoo Lake in South Australia I am just starting to relax on our current holiday. The first few days have been great but it usually takes awhile to get into the slower pace. The phone calls and texts from work stop and getting away from everything and everyone, spending time with just the family is when I start to really chill.

The lake is very quiet, the type of quiet only nature can bring. The rustle of the wind in the trees, the chirp of the tiny finch’s and budgies. The distant squawk of a cockatoo. Even the girls are quiet. Sitting on the grass discovering all sorts of things.

The sun is starting to set. Not a word is being spoken. Just quiet.

This is why I like to get out here in the bush. No bullshit. Just the real deal.

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