I've set my children a challenge: choose one activity per day for the first week of the school holidays. At least half must be free. This...

2 June 2019 With the whole family in Coober Pedy for the Breakaways Marathon and Lake Eyre in a once in 46 year flood, a trip along the O...

I signed-up to manage a marathon in Coober Pedy. It was one of those massive tree-change things, only it didn't involve a relocation. I l...

May/June 2019 Just like the town's opal miners, travellers to Coober Pedy may have to dig a little, but those who look in the right place...

People who can walk, run or ride, will find something for them at Sturt Gorge Recreation Park. We are semi-regular visitors here, mainly ...

I love a good farmers' market. Almost every Sunday morning we trek down the hill to the Adelaide Farmers' Market at the Wayville Showgrou...

20-24 April 2018 We left Ceduna and crossed the Nullabor in several days, stopping along the way to take in a few sights. We'd prepared o...

15 April 2018 My tattered old copy of the Lonely Planet had us visiting Murphy's Haystacks and driving the coastline looking unsuccessful...

Our road trip started on the first day of the term 1 school holidays 2018, just after Easter. It could have easily finished then too. The...