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March - July 2001
Australia
Brett Voegele2005-11-14 17:31:04
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Adelaide, Hahndorf, & Murray Bridge
Adelaide was our first stop in a decent sized city since leaving Perth. We wandered town quite a bit and checked out the museum, markets, coastal town of Glenelg, etc. However, much of our time in Adelaide was spent in downpours of rain, so we were happy to get back on the road. Just southeast of Adelaide was another great little German town - Hahndorf. We spent a day drinking beer, eating brats, visiting German bakeries, playing mini-golf, and wandering through the many candy/jam/mustard/chutney shops before moving on. Really liked Hahndorf, though it's extremely touristy. We were lucky enough to be there early in the morning before most of the buses arrived, so had it to ourselves for awhile. We next stopped in Murray Bridge where we were hoping to rent a houseboat for a night. Unfortunately, everything was booked, so we simply camped there a night, wandered the town, and then moved on to Mt. Gambier.
Mt. Gambier, Naracoorte, & Halls Gap
Mt. Gambier offered some nice hikes in/around the volcanic craters of the region, and was a nice little town near the southern coast. From Mt. Gambier we went to Naracoorte and some World Heritage Site caves. Believe we wandered through 3 caves. None were really spectacular as far as stalactites/stalagmites, but the Heritage listing was based on Fossil Cave - a cave in which many animals fell into and couldn't escape. The bones found in the cave cover a wide variety of animals - some of which are now extinct. Halls Gap was the next stopover, a little town which provides access to the Grampians Range. There were some fantastic hikes in the area, so we wandered along a few of those, as well as visiting some of the aboriginal caves, waterfalls, etc. We had kangaroos wandering through our campsite, so hopefully I've got some decent pictures.
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