Travel Blogs from Elliston, Australia
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The Bread Lady
... both loaves. 3. Sculptures on the Cliff. We are all cliffed out. We spot another small rusty sign at Elliston stating a clifftop drive with "sea sculpture" tacked on as an afterthought. We spend the next hour discovering awesome sculptures perched ...
Walkers Rocks
... eating in between the surface and the hard conglomerate. We found Walkers Rocks in our Camps 3 book, only a few kms before Elliston, as being a camping spot with shade, toilet and shower facilities and mobile phone service near the beach. We ...
Venus Bay
Venus Bay Arrived at Venus Bay following cousin Sean who was towing the boat we were going to spend the afternoon fishing in. Dropped by the shack then headed for lunch then down to the water. Had a little trouble with the boat motor. That really would ...
New Year
... and make an early start to the caves. Today we travel back towards Streaky Bay to call in to Talia Caves, 44km away from Elliston. These caves are apparently on the coast where the sea enters the entrance of the caves. Can't wait to see. Before we stop ...
some more Eyre
... nearby, looking more sharkish than dolphinish... German version: Unser zuverlaessiger Troopcarrier hat sich mit dem schoen gelegenen Elliston den perfekten Ort fuer ein Zipperlein am Anlasser ausgesucht: Keine fuenfhundert Meter von der Werkstatt und ...
Elliston
Today we headed to Elliston. A small fishing town surrounded by magnificent cliffs and small white ...
Eyre We Go
... top lookouts along miles of unbroken cliffs in the afternoon trying to spot a whale, on the way to the tiny town of Elliston which had it's own clifftop sculpture drive to rival that of Sydney - well ok perhaps not!! but not bad for somewhere so out ...
DAY 46 - STREAKY BAY TO ELLISTON - REPAIRED
... guys at the garage and left Streaky Bay. Second time lucky! When I’d left Streaky the other day I’d had two options, Elliston or Venus Bay. I thought I’d check out Elliston as I didn’t want to drive all the way to Coffin Bay which ...
Ellistan
This morning we left Cowell at 9.30, taking less than an hour to be packed up and on the road. We arrived in Ellistan for lunch and had our staple of cheese, lettuce and mayo sandwiches, as well as plenty of fruit and veges as we need to exhaust our ...
Elliston
... strong southerly winds have on the trees, as they all have a big lean on them to the north. Had a quick look around Elliston when we arrived, no community library here so will have to wait to get updates of emails and travel blog at Port ...
EYRE PENINSULA- RUGGED COAST, WHITE BEACHES
FRIDAY MARCH 18 2011 JOURNEY: Ceduna, Streaky Bay, Elliston 300kms WEATHER: Very overcast, rain and grey. 20 degrees midday ACCOMMODATION: Streaky Bay CP-$27pn; Waterloo CP -$22 no power Well it was still very overcast with intermittant showers when ...
Mural and Statues
... to the placard erected by the District Council of Elliston, it is the largest mural of its type in Australia, depicts the historical life of Elliston and covers more than 500 square metres in area.The Country Women’s Association Rooms were the first ...
Further Up the Eyre Peninsula West coast
... to see another pod of dolphins surfing the breaks. Speaking of surf breaks, all of you surfers would absolutely love this part of Australia, the waves are huge at times. (Mandy and Stu you would both love it here!) A nice meal of Greek Lamb and ...
Penguin
... one by Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartaches,. After we left Lake Wangerie we saw some emus and then called into Elliston for lunch and went for a walk on the jetty where we saw a fairy penguin swimming around it stopped to look at us ...
Life in a caravan - Chapter 4, lost items
There is a lot to keep track of when travelling by caravan, especially with children. Not only do children leave things places you wouldn't expect, they can also be blamed for distracting their parents enough to cause them to forget things also. Then ...
Elliston
Day 8. Elliston, South Australia. 269km from Arno Bay. We left lovely Arno Bay this morning on our way to Port Lincoln. Once again the drive was a taste of what the Nullabor may be like. We arrived in Port Lincoln to find a big town (Tony Sancic - ...
A hidden gem
... Also, one of the most important criteria we've been using is a pool...we read of a park further down the Eyre Peninsula in Elliston with a pool, so off we set! Turns out that Elliston was a gem waiting to be discovered. The town itself was a lovely ...
Walker's Rocks
Broke camp and left quite late in the day. We had a few things that we had to do in at Port Lincoln, we needed to collect water, empty the toilet and also do some shopping for groceries. We finally got on the road again, but it was a short day in ...
The Great Ocean Drive Eliston
In Victoria there is the Great Ocean Road with the 12 Apostles and London Bridge in Eyre Peninsula they have the Great Ocean Drive... beautiful limestone cliffs and beached where they catch salmon. On the road we found statues...each Anzac day (in ...
Statues by the Sea
... select what you want and leave the money in a tin (no one checks it is an honor system) very quirky. Next stop was Elliston. We booked into the caravan park unhooked the van and went on the Cliffs Drive. The drive is spectacular, first there is a ...
Great place to rough camp
When we arrive at Sheringa we discover a quirky little store, come pub, come Cafe, come fishing store, come coffee shop. Very friendly people who also administer the camp site, so after paying $10 a night we set off for the beach to find a camp site. The ...
Lunch time over Waterloo Bay in a sleepy town
From Coffin Bay to Streaky Bay we stopped in a few towns along the way. Elliston was one of them. This town has quite a few shipwrecks, despite the big bay, the passage in is narrow and surrounded with reef. We tried to imagine the schooners sailing in to ...
Elliston
Today we went to have a look around Elliston.First we drove to the bakery(you know,this place isn't bad at all for a small population.People should want to live here)The bakery looked delicious!Custard tarts,vanilla slices-everything that tastes ...
The time has come
OK. The other day a German woman said "I like your van" in which I replied "It's not a van, it's our pirate ship" in which she said " well I still zink ich a very nice pile of shit" hmmmmmm So it's time for her name. I can't keep calling her SHE. She is ...
Elliston
... and leave for Elliston (Population:377!) Anyways,about the drive to Elliston,the drive wasn't that long(only an hour and a 1/2)Elliston was beautiful, more beautiful than Streaky Bay!The caravan park was cool,too and the best thing about it was that we ...
Still aint no Vodafone!!
We just watched an amazing sunset in Elliston, SA. Incredible to see the sun dip into the ocean amidst the waves rolling in against the very rugged coastline. This place is truly a hidden gem...with the beautiful weather we've had for the past couple of ...
DAY 141 - FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER – CEDUNA TO
... were all tired and just wanting to stop, but Dion thought he wanted to keep driving so we continued on down the road stopping at Elliston – there were some things we missed due to it being late in the day but we will just add them to the "next ...
Easy Day
It nearly seemed a joke after the kilometers traveled to date, however, we drove a whole 12 kms to our next campsite today!!! Bizarre at its best! Anyway, it seemed the quickest pack down and set up ever, so that was a good feeling, even the Park owner ...
Walkers Rocks toward Kalgoorlie
... treat of a massive full moon, shining brightly upon us, and onto the gorgeous trees the kids loved to climb in. Next day was Australia Day so we drove on the beach in the opposite direction so the kids could safely surf, swim and boogie board. Scrabble, ...
Elliston
Today we are at Elliston.First we went to the bakery and we had Vanilla slice and a custard tart to share. Next we went to the playground and we made a friend Rory. He was from NSW too. We liked the playground, it is cool.Then we went on the Cliff top ...
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