{"id":1301,"date":"2017-02-05T20:34:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T09:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2017-02-05T20:34:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T09:34:26","slug":"gday-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/?p=1301","title":{"rendered":"G’Day SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australia Day public holiday was on a Thursday this year, so Sara and I decided to take our first extended road trip!\u00a0 We were off to South Australia – specifically Kangaroo Island<\/a> and then the state capital – Adelaide.<\/p>\n

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This is where we went.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We left on Wednesday night and made our way about 300kms to the Victorian town of Horsham, where we stayed in a old motel.\u00a0 During our drive we received a call where they gave us our room number and told us the key would be under the mat.\u00a0 The next morning when we checked out it was a public holiday, so no one was in the office so we just dropped the key in a key drop and hit the road.\u00a0 So trusting in the country!<\/p>\n

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Where’s the steering wheel?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For most of the trip the road looked like the above.\u00a0 A two lane highway with train tracks next to it and gum trees as far as the eye could see.<\/p>\n

We had a scheduled ferry ride to Kangaroo Island at 7pm, so even after covering the last 500km of our trip, we had some time to kill, so we decided to stop in a town near the ferry terminal – Victor Harbor.\u00a0\u00a0 They had a nice waterfront area including the first horse drawn tram I’d ever seen.\u00a0 We did a nice hike and got a late lunch \/ early dinner before heading over to the ferry.<\/p>\n

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Arriving late-ish into Kangaroo Island, we just headed straight to our hotel to relax and get ready for a long day of exploring the next day.<\/p>\n

The next morning dawned and we set of for the other side of the island – Flinders Chase National Park<\/a>.\u00a0 It was about an hour and a half drive.\u00a0 We made a mistake of using google maps – which tends to route you on the most “direct” route.\u00a0 This was a problem since the most direct route involved unsealed (dirt) roads.\u00a0 They were not kind to the Yaris and limited us to about 60kph.\u00a0 Luckily we were only on them for about 9km.\u00a0 Lesson learned – the tourist maps we had noted which roads were paved and we stuck to those from that point forward.<\/p>\n

We arrived at the park and purchased our visitor pass, got some advice and also got breakfast at the visitor center.\u00a0 Then we set off for a nice hike with stunning coastal views from Weirs Cove over to Admirals Arch.<\/p>\n

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Selfie at Weirs Cove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Coastline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Admirals Arch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After that hike we got back into the car to see the other main attraction at the park – “Remarkable Rocks” – they did not disappoint.\u00a0 I decided to ride one and Sara did a really poor job of hiding.<\/p>\n

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Giddy up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peek a boo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After all the bushwalking and assorted adventuring, it seemed like a good time to head to the beach.\u00a0 So, using our map, we found the only paved road that went to the north shore of the island – and to the town of Stokes Bay.\u00a0 There we found the beach after a short trail through some rocks.\u00a0 We relaxed and read our books and generally enjoyed the great day.<\/p>\n

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A tranquil bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After exploring Kangaroo Island, the next day we headed back to the mainland via the ferry.\u00a0 We stopped at the local pub in Cape Jervis and luckily just beat the 100s of bikies that had come to celebrate the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n

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Bikies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After some nice fish sandwiches, it was off to Adelaide for the evening.\u00a0 As per our typical MO, we found a local microbrewery and enjoyed some fresh beers.<\/p>\n

Beer!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We spent most of the afternoon \/ evening just walking around and exploring the city.\u00a0 The next morning we went for a run along the river before getting in the car for the 8 hour trip back home.\u00a0 Luckily there were a few points of interest on the way home.<\/p>\n

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Pink lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Giant Koala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We acquired some good knowledge for future Australian road trips.\u00a0 We now know we can’t rely on our experience driving around the USA when driving in Australia.\u00a0 First, we learned that when you sort of need fuel, you should get it, because the servos are few and far between and not necessarily open 24 hours.\u00a0 Also, food options are similarly limited\u00a0 – not plentiful and not always open.\u00a0\u00a0 We will put these lessons to use on our next road trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australia Day public holiday was on a Thursday this year, so Sara and I decided to take our first extended road trip!\u00a0 We were off to South Australia – specifically Kangaroo Island and then the state capital – Adelaide. We left on Wednesday night and made our way about 300kms to the Victorian town … Continue reading G’Day SA<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1325,"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions\/1325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handelblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}