Robe, Australia Travel Blogs

Brrr its cold?
Jan 11, 2006 (5 photos)

Between Hahndorf and Robe were miles of coastal scenery intermingled with rolling hills and tree lined meandering bends. Robe was another village that had a tinge of European influences, but unfortunately not quite hitting the mark. For example we ...

The Grampians
Mar 10, 2009 (5 photos)

... had to turn our clocks back ½ hour, so now we are 9½ hours in front of you guys instead on 10. More on South Australia, Robe and the fantastic YHA accommodation we are staying at tomorrow. I am off to bed, I am knackered and Mortens watching some crap film ...

Delightful Robe
Mar 10, 2009 (5 photos)

... area North of Grampians is today called The Great Grape road but back in the 1850's it was here they first found gold in Australia and loads of mining towns blossomed soon putting Victoria on the map. Then the mines ran out of gold, but the towns remained, ...

Free Camping
Sep 6, 2006

We left Exmouth this morning and drove to a free campsite at Robe River... a few hours drive from Exmouth towards Karratha. This was also a very basic site, it only had two toilets... smelly ones! It was located next to the Robe River, which was ...

The water is blue, really blue, I tell you.
Feb 2, 2005 (4 photos)

The pictures really say it all. Mount Gambier itself, for us an overnight stop sandwiched between long days driving, is most famous for it's crater lake filled with blue water. Yes, I know, water often is blue but this water is really very blue. Honest. ...

Road Trip: Stop 1
Dec 20, 2006 (1 photos)

A step up from our Asian accommodation....with a nice view!

On The Great Ocean Road to Adelaide
Jan 18, 2008 (28 photos)

... .   After traveling for sometime, we knew that we were getting somewhere, when we suddenly saw a giant lobster rearing its sunburned head at us - Mmm, does anyone feel like seafood?   Next Up: Adelaide - Australia's most livable city?

Little Thommy
Apr 7, 2006 (32 photos)

Just for you Lesley! I've collected all the pictures I could find of Thom to make a very special podcast for a very 'special' boy!!

Classic Coast Tour: Day 3
Dec 29, 2006

... National Park, where we walked along the craggy coastline in the baking heat. Finally, we made our way to our overnight stop of Robe. Given that this was our last night on the tour, the final meal was held in a nice restaurant in town rather than the pubs ...

Anne and Dave
Dec 13, 2006 (1 photos)

We left Adelaide in the morning and headed for Robe, a small seaside town south of Adelaide where we had arranged to meet Anne and Dave (my Mum and Dad's best friends). We arrived about 1.30pm, and it was really nice to see them... it made me terribly ...

Robe
Apr 7, 2006

... , and that's normal! We made our way North along the Costal Highway until we got to the beautiful town of Robe, just inside South Australia. Before I talk about Robe I'm going to rant about SA. It is HALF AN HOUR behind Melbourne, at GMT+9.5 WHAT'S THE ...

Weather
May 7, 2006 (2 photos)

What weather would you expect in Australia? Well, it wouldn't be rain, gales, hail,wind and yes, we've had all that, and most of it last night. So if you think we were too smug in Asia when you were freezing in UK, well now it is your turn. The tent ...

obelisk and coastline
Mar 31, 2006 (5 photos)

spent a good hour looking around

Limestone Coast
Mar 6, 2006 (1 photos)

... We drove north to check out Naracoorte and stock up on groceries. We met up with Ben and Tina once again in Robe - a small seaside village with an interesting history on the Limestone Coast. Chinese landed here during the gold rush and walked 100 miles ...

To a mosquito, I am bush tucker
Nov 20, 2005

... but very active English ladies, 3 Japanese girls, a young Dutch couple, a pair of French girls, and lone travellers from Germany, Australia and the Netherlands. And me. And the guide - a very Australian chap called Wayne who seems to work for a few months ...

Back to the coastline
Oct 19, 2009 (14 photos)

Mittlerweile habe ich die Fahrt nach Melbourne in Angriff genommen, dies bei bisher perfektem Wetter und 27°C. Ich hoffe es bleibt so schön, auch wenn die Wettervorhersage anderes sagt. Heute bin ich etwas schreibfaul, darum lade ich nur ein paar Bilder ...

Kangaroos and flies
Nov 16, 2008 (4 photos)

Hello everyone. We have been traveling now in Australia for two weeks. We spent a wonderful week in the outback seeing Uluru (Ayers Rock) Kings Canyon and Kata Tjuta. It was all hiking and camping and sleeping in swags ( yes we are officially now jolly ...

Day 5 -7 of 306 Port Fairy to Robe (via Naracoorte
Dec 10, 2008 (5 photos)

... We also visited Poplars, had coffee and frogs in ponds and then set off to set up camp at the highly recommended (in Camps Australia Wide) Bool Lagoon Game Reserve. It was meant to be a cheap or free alternate to staying in Caravan Parks. Well it was a$ ...

Great Ocean Road
Oct 30, 2006

It took a while to find the right trip...dates didnt fit, timing wasnt right, the crew was 18 years old...but when I found this particular one...the 1pm start instead of the 6am departure sold me. Why suffer that early in the morning, when you can get ...

Nachtaktivitaet / Night Activity
Dec 5, 2007 (2 photos)

... Einweg- Weg waere nass nicht mehr befahrbar und ich somit eingeschlossen gewesen. Nacht auf Camping im kleinen Hafestaedtchen Robe. XXXXX One week I could stay in Des and Jenny's nice House in Seacliff and repair the broken Speedometer-Drive thanks ...

A wedding in Robe
Mar 9, 2009 (32 photos)

... easily admit it went off without a hitch and was the perfect day and place for it. I won't go into detail about our time in Robe because it will end up being a ridiculously long entry, instead I'll just say we... - had perfect weather all week. - had ...

South East coast of South Australia
Jan 3, 2009 (107 photos)

... pôr do sol, jantámos e fomos para a cama para enfrentarmos a noite mais fria que tinhamos experimentado até então na Austrália. Estavam uns 5 graus à noite e a carrinha mais parecia um congelador. De manhã fomos até Robe, uma pequena cidade muito organizada e ...

Road Trip: Stop 4
Dec 23, 2006 (2 photos)

Keith's Birthday

A great night out...
Jun 11, 2006

... we would be travelling on as the highway switches inland between Robe and Adelaide. Our plan was to reach Robe in time to watch the rugby between England and Australia. We'd found out too late about the rugby and couldn't move our flights to see the match ...

Port Fairy to Robe
Jan 11, 2007 (5 photos)

... in and we can see that the land is starting to go more like desert. The Nullabor plain begins in South Australia.  After leaving Robe we went through Kingston SE and took a picture of the famous giant lobster. Apparently there are loads of giant ...

Shipwreck Coast and beyond
Oct 15, 2009 (6 photos)

Overnight it poured and poured. It certainly can rain in Australia! We delayed our departure till it seemed to be stopped, and set off after a couple of little biscuits (and some sherbert lemons) for breakfast. We felt like real tourists, in clothes which ...

Great Ocean Road
Sep 9, 2006 (5 photos)

... fairly straight clear roads, swearing occasionally to avoid hitting passing wild kangaroos and emus. We spent the first night in Robe in a great historical building converted into a YHA. Robe was a very sleepy pretty fishing villiage. We walked up to the ...

Beachfront views!
Jan 23, 2007

Another long drive through more stunning coastal scenery and we arrived in Robe; nice shops / restaurants / harbour, (there seems to be a formula with these seaside towns and it definitely works!).  We had a room on the 1st floor of an old Ozzy ...

The Beginning of the Endless Beaches
Dec 26, 2006 (8 photos)

... in one of the major cities and then from there, they let you dial the number.  The problem exists is that I was in Robe, South Australia, pretty much BFE.  Every call was long distance even to the cities in Australia.  It turned out, it cost $0.50 for every ...

7/11 - 12/11
Nov 13, 2006

7/11 drove down to robe and stayed in a fab yha which used to be a manor house. went for a walk and chilled in the libary(can't spell soz) by the fire. 8/11 drove up to the caves at narancote, had a look round then drove to mt gambier where we stayed. ...