Travel Blogs from Robe, Australia

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The Limestone Coast, Robe, Australia travel blog

The Limestone Coast

A travel blog entry by sylviajason

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... . On a boring drive northwest we broke the fuel rule of never dropping below a quarter tank.  In a vast country like Australia it's important to keep ample petrol on board at all times.  The scenery improved to include seaside lakes surrounded ...

Port Fairy and on to South Australia, Robe, Australia travel blog

Port Fairy and on to South Australia

A travel blog entry by wickens

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... as he is still as skinny as a rake.   Then back in the campervan and off to Robe.  The scenery in South Australia is pretty flat, although the area around Mount Gambier was clearly designated as an area for commercial forestry. ...

Brrr its cold?, Robe, Australia travel blog

Brrr its cold?

A travel blog entry by pidgeandpie

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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 ...

Week 5 - The longest drive of my life..., Robe, Australia travel blog

Week 5 - The longest drive of my life...

A travel blog entry by heatherbelle

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... so far. After putting away several bottles of SA's finest we retired to our room in this historical old inn, The Caledonian. Robe was a lovely old coastal town, quite reminiscent of a Cornish fishing village. After a grey breakfast at 'The Cally' (as it ...

Kangaroos and flies, Robe, Australia travel blog

Kangaroos and flies

A travel blog entry by mikeandnadine

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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 ...

Rye Grass!, Robe, Australia travel blog

Rye Grass!

A travel blog entry by themiddleroute

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... drive and poor soul had three hours of narrow road through salt flats, hedges, more salt flats and so on for 200km.  Arrived Robe which is tiny and very sweet with lots of original buildings.  Visit to the pharmacy to aquire eye drops and then a ...

Robe - I can't say 'not famous for....', Robe, Australia travel blog

Robe - I can't say 'not famous for....'

A travel blog entry by margfromtumba

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We did look at staying at a couple of free camps around Robe but they were a little bit not suitable, so took the easy way out & booked in! A beautiful little seaside town and the caravan park does have a fabulous view out over the bay. Pulled in ...

Roadtrip, Robe, Australia travel blog

Roadtrip

A travel blog entry by whichwaynow

... is a $5000 fine. We chose not to chance it with the border cops but as it turned our the quarantine checkpoints were closed. South Australia also has the added fun of the being in a different time zone which is half an hour behind Victoria so we have to ...

The Grampians, Robe, Australia travel blog

The Grampians

A travel blog entry by lctd

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... 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 ...

Robe, Robe, Australia travel blog

Robe

A travel blog entry by pfmartyn

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... poll tax. Once here the Chinese would walk 550kms to the Victorian Goldfields. The rock lobster (crayfish) industry is what keeps Robe alive today along with tourism. Just incase you are wondering rock lobster season is October to May, so we missed out. ...

Delightful Robe, Robe, Australia travel blog

Delightful Robe

A travel blog entry by lctd

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... 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 ...

Free Camping, Robe River, Australia travel blog

Free Camping

A travel blog entry by sjw_uk

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., Mt Gambier, Australia travel blog

The water is blue, really blue, I tell you.

A travel blog entry by mhistie

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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. ...

Week 5 - The longest drive of my life..., Robe, Australia travel blog

Week 5 - The longest drive of my life...

A travel blog entry by heatherbelle

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... so far. After putting away several bottles of SA's finest we retired to our room in this historical old inn, The Caledonian. Robe was a lovely old coastal town, quite reminiscent of a Cornish fishing village. After a grey breakfast at 'The Cally' (as it ...

Road Trip: Stop 1, Robe, Australia travel blog

Road Trip: Stop 1

A travel blog entry by gilesandjane

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

Robe, Robe, Australia travel blog

Robe

A travel blog entry by astridandgijs

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... wilden rijden. Te ver en vooral te lang rijden over slechte wegen was ons verteld. Het betere nieuws was wel dat we er in South Australia achter kwamen dat we hier 110 mogen in plaats van 100 in New South Wales en Victoria! Dan kom je nog eens ergens ;-) ...

On The Great Ocean Road to Adelaide, Robe, Australia travel blog

On The Great Ocean Road to Adelaide

A travel blog entry by tumbleweeds

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... .   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 ...

Robe is not famous for Robes, Robe, Australia travel blog

Robe is not famous for Robes

A travel blog entry by brownsltd

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... to Robe along the sand.  It was a gorgeous drive, novel to us and a first with our Navara. Highlights of Robe: -          The gorgeous coastal scenery ...

Little Thommy, Robe, Australia travel blog

Little Thommy

A travel blog entry by ozzy2006

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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' ...

Classic Coast Tour: Day 3, Robe, Australia travel blog

Classic Coast Tour: Day 3

A travel blog entry by sumnerp

... 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 ...

Anne and Dave, Robe, Australia travel blog

Anne and Dave

A travel blog entry by sjw_uk

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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, Robe, Australia travel blog

Robe

A travel blog entry by ozzy2006

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... anyone, 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 ...

Weather, Robe, Australia travel blog

Weather

A travel blog entry by chezgra

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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, Robe, Australia travel blog

obelisk and coastline

A travel blog entry by eddandalice

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spent a good hour looking ...

Limestone Coast, Robe, Australia travel blog

Limestone Coast

A travel blog entry by roamingroaches

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... 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 ...

To a mosquito, I am bush tucker, Robe, South Australia, Australia travel blog

To a mosquito, I am bush tucker

A travel blog entry by emconnolly2000

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... 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 ...

Back to the coastline, Robe, Australia travel blog

Back to the coastline

A travel blog entry by 3110280477

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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 ...

Day 5 -7 of 306 Port Fairy to Robe (via Naracoorte, Robe, Australia travel blog

Day 5 -7 of 306 Port Fairy to Robe (via Naracoorte

A travel blog entry by millersofoz

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... !) 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 ...

South East coast of South Australia, Robe, Australia travel blog

South East coast of South Australia

A travel blog entry by aguas

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EN: We were driving along the SE coast of South Australia with no plans, not knowing how far we would get and where would we sleep that night. On the way we stopped at Lake Albert and the Coorong National Park which were amazing. Our short afternoon walk ...

Another territory - South Australia, Robe, Australia travel blog

Another territory - South Australia

A travel blog entry by susieandgray

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... Blue Lake which had been made as recently as 4,000 to 5,000 years ago as a result of a massive volcano, the youngest in Australia. It has been mystifying scientists for years as to why it has such a magnificent colour. I fear the photos don’t do it ...

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