We were very happy to be back in our caravan and start traveling again. We stayed in the quietest, most peaceful park next door to the suburb of Walkerville. We rode our bikes along the Torrens River, visited the city and generally spent time preparing our van for the next 3months of our travels.
After leaving Adelaide we headed onto the Grampians where we stayed at Halls Gap - right in the middle of the mountains. It was beautiful. We were the only caravan in the park aside from the masses of kangaroos and beautiful, white cockatoos. Most of the time it rained but we did manage a drive to see the waterfalls and valley views, which were mostly covered in mist!
In January 2011 Halls Gap had 280mm of rain in 3 days. Many roads and bridges were completely destroyed and are still not able to be accessed. Luckily the road through the Grampians, south to Dunkeld, was opened on the day we left which made our route to the Great Ocean Road much shorter. We were even at the opening ceremony with the Minister of Vic Roads! It had been closed since the January floods.
The area is beautiful with mountains and farmlands - sheep and cows grazing all over the lush, green -often water logged- fields - very different from the lush, tropical forests of Northern Queensland - a place I love.
