Glendinning Campground, Rocklands Reservoir, Victoria

Rating: 3.5/5

Location: Glendinning Campground, Rocklands Reservoir, Victoria – Lat: 37 17 51 S Long: 141 59 52 E

 

On Tuesday morning, we dawdled out of Lake Charlegrark and headed toward the regional city of Horsham which provides all the shops and services you might need to restock for your onward journey.

Considering the battering it has received from old Mother Nature in the past few years, Horsham and its residents must be a resilient mob. Firstly, the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 burnt nearly 14,000 acres around the city’s fringe. Then in 2010 and 2011, severe flooding of the Wimmera River divided the city and damaged hundreds of homes and many CBD businesses. Today, you’d never know.

We stocked up on fresh fruit and vegetables and headed south toward The Grampians. While we are unable to take the dogs into The Grampians National Park, the nearby Rocklands Reservoir has several camping areas dotted around its banks where dogs are welcome.

You can see The Grampians in the background of some of the photographs. From this distance, the colours remind us very much of the beautiful Flinder’s Ranges in South Australia.

We stopped at the town of Balmoral so Kev could buy bait for fishing and fill the caravan’s water tanks.

A dog on the back of a ute reminded us of one of those iconic images of the Australian outback – as well as being just darn cute.

The Glendinning Campground is a large, tree-filled camping spot adjacent to the Rocklands Reservoir. The nightly fee is … nothing. Zero, zip, zilch. Exactly what we wanted to pay.

We had initially planned to travel to the Great Ocean Road at this stage of our journey which, along with Kimba’s Big Galah and Kingston’s Big Lobster is pretty high on our bucket lists. However, school holidays were due to begin on Friday so we wanted to get ourselves established in a less crowded camping area and avoid the more popular tourist areas and peak rates of the caravan parks. We’ve got it earmarked as our next-in-line destination.

They reckon that the weather in Victoria is quite changeable and you can expect to experience all four seasons in a day. In the first few days at Glendinning, we found that you can experience four seasons within half an hour!

It remained mostly wet and very cold until the weekend when the rain eased and the ‘very cold’ eased to ‘cold’. Finally, on Monday of our second week, the weather warmed up. More rain is expected later in the week but we’ll make hay while the sun shines.

There’s plenty of room around the camping area and where we parked – in an area some distance away from the long drop toilets – there wasn’t too many other punters.

There are lots of trees in the water so if you’re keen on water skiing or jet-skis, it’s not a safe spot to do either.

Telephone, internet and television reception are fantastic at the lake.

The many different moods of the lake provide different facets to view and appreciate. On those mornings when the water temperature was warmer than the air and the mist hung eerily above the lake, one expects to see the Creature from the Black Lagoon hauling himself onto the bank.

We’ll hang out here for a week or so until the crowds ease on the coast and hopefully, the weather warms up a little bit more.

Until next time my friend, may you stay resilient against Mother Nature’s occasional battering!

 

 

Cost: Free
Dump point: No
Fishing: Yes
Phone/internet: Yes
Showers: No
Toilets: Yes
Water: No

Lake Charlegrark Campground, Victoria

Rating: 3.75/5

Location: Lake Charlegrark Campground, Victoria – Lat: 36 46 32 S Long: 141 14 26 E

We left Mount Gambier and drove north-east toward the Victorian border on Saturday. We’d picked out a couple of lakes in Victoria that looked quite promising.

On the way, we stopped in at the town of Penola where Australia’s first saint, Mary MacKillop founded a school for underprivileged kids. It is a pretty, very touristy town with lots of history and some wonderful shops to explore.

Penola is the start of the Coonawarra wine region which is known for its flagship Cabernet Sauvignon. The region is famous for the flat strip of rich, terra rossa that sits atop deep limestone beds which results in the unique flavour and quality of wines from the area.

It is quite different to the Barossa and Clare wine regions that we had enjoyed with such dedication in the weeks prior, where the different wineries are scattered throughout the hills and dales. In the Coonawarra, many of the big name vineyards and cellar doors are next to the highway one after another – sitting on that wonderful, fertile, red stuff which produces that other wonderful, rich, red stuff.

It is telling that we recognised many of the labels as the ghosts of tipples past. However, we didn’t stop at any of those wonderful cellar doors. It was like walking past a litter of puppies and not picking one up for a cuddle.

Our first potential campsite was Lake Ratzcastle, a free camping area 10 kilometres south of Goroke which looked quite nice. The body of water is quite small but the area is attractive. There was no-one else there except someone fishing on the opposite side of the lake and we didn’t feel quite comfortable being the only ones there and so isolated. I imagine that in summertime or during school holidays, there would be more caravans and campers there.

We drove another 23 kilometres west of Goroke to Lake Charlegrark Campground.

Lake Charlegrark is a little bigger than Ratzcastle and quite picturesque. While it is not free, we decided to take an unpowered site next to the lake.

 

The first site we selected was protected by beautiful large gums and was a bit shady first thing in the morning. There’s something wonderful about that spring sunshine on a cold morning that warms you to your bones and we wanted more of that.

We moved to a site closer to the river which provided more sun for warming up old bones and also to charge up the solar panels on the caravan’s roof.

It was easy for Kev to slide the boat into the water too.

While it was generally quiet during our stay, on Sunday, some of the locals came out with a speed boat for some water-skiing. I reckon school holidays (due again in less than a week) would be a bit noisy and busy here too. However, while we were at the lake, it was generally quiet and peaceful.

The farmer/caretaker who lives on the opposite side of the lake, said we could let the dogs off lead if they were well behaved. I did try it a couple of times and they were generally quite good. However, once Indy was in the water, the breed and the bloke in him came out and he no longer heard my voice calling him back! That boy just loves to swim.

Charlegrark is a pleasant place to spend a few days. We were so grateful for the chance to chill out after our three day, three campsite dash prior to getting there.

Until next post my friend, I hope you’re never in too much of a rush to walk past a cuddle … or drive past something wonderfully red!

Cost: $7 per person unpowered or $25 per vehicle powered
Dump point: No
Fishing: Yes
Phone/internet: Yes
Showers: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes (but I’m not sure I’d drink it)

Mount Gambier Showground, South Australia

Rating: 3/5

Location: Mount Gambier Showground, 1 Pick Avenue, Mount Gambier, South Australia

On Friday, we left Robe and drove further south-east to a potential free camp on South Australia’s coast about 40 kilometres west of Mount Gambier.

On the way, we passed through Millicent, Snuggery and Tantanoola and a gorgeous town called Beachport. For goodness sake, who wouldn’t want to give their address as Snuggery?

We drove past a fabulous looking caravan park in Beachport – grassy sites and right next to the beach. We didn’t stay but we took a few photographs of the town which was gorgeous (again, clouds and wind notwithstanding).

We saw a boat named for Patch after a day at the beach so I took this picture! Yes I know, those South Australian wineries have taken their toll.

Early in the afternoon, we finally arrived at the free camp where we’d planned to stay. Carpenter Rocks gets a pretty good rap on Wikicamps and as we travelled the acacia-framed road toward the town, we felt quite excited about the prospect of stopping for a few days in the one place.

The campsite is a boggy field behind the town’s community hall and a tennis court. It might be less of a quagmire in summer. However, the beach across the road had empty booze bottles strewn across the entrance and broken bottles littered the path to the dirty beach. Perhaps they were picking up on my reaction, but I’ve never seen Indy and Patch so reluctant to get on a beach.

One thing we’ve learned on this trip is that there is always an alternative and while it wasn’t free, the Mount Gambier Showground provided a good camp for yet another one night stand. It’s a big grassy field with plenty of room to give the boys a bit of a run.

We didn’t use the showground’s ablutions, but the caretaker looks pretty house proud about the grounds so I’d expect that they were also adequate.

Moreover, as the second most populous city in South Australia (+/- 30,000), Mount Gambier is a city with everything you’ll need for your ongoing travel.

Built on the slopes of an inactive volcano, Mount Gambier is only 11 kilometres from the Victorian border so you can almost smell the salty sea spray from the Great Ocean Road.

The Blue Lake fills the crater of the aforementioned dormant volcano and is the city’s main water supply. Apparently, it changes colour seasonally from grey in winter to turquoise in summer. We saw it as a beautiful blue somewhere in between.

Be happy stay positive and no matter what life throws at you my friend, may you always find a suitable alternative.

Cost: $20 p/n powered / $15 p/n unpowered
Dump point: Yes
Fishing: No
Phone/internet: Yes
Showers: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes

 

Lakeside Tourist Park, Robe, South Australia

Rating: 3/5

Location: Lakeside Tourist Park, 24 Main Road, Robe, South Australia

On Thursday, we arrived in the historic seaside resort town of Robe.

However, those wild winds were still blowing the grey from Kev’s beard and we could only imagine how beautiful the beach would look on a calm day.

Robe used to be one of the Limestone Coast’s largest shipping ports and the Cape Dombey Obelisk was built in 1853 as a navigational guide for ships entering the bay.

Apparently, it wasn’t completely successful and it probably gets an occasional mention in the stories told down in Davy Jones locker.

The Lakeside Tourist Park is a privately owned, heritage caravan park located just outside of the town’s centre beside a lake with it’s lush, well-tended lawns.

We both really liked the park and would certainly recommend it and Robe is such a beautiful town, we wished we could have stayed a little longer.

However, there are sarcastic signs hung behind the toilet and shower cubicle doors at the van park about cleaning up after yourself which stopped just short of asking users to empty the rubbish bins and scrub the sinks.

The signs state that it is to save the owners money on cleaning costs and I’m sure that they would pass those savings on to us punters if everyone whipped out the toilet brush. Who is being sarcastic now? I know, and there are those who say that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit!

Stay calm my friend and may you never be the guest speaker at Mr Jones’ locker.

Cost: $35 per night (less 10% Top Tourist Park discount)
Dump point: Yes
Fishing: No
Phone/internet: Yes
Showers: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes

 

Wright’s Bay Bush Camping, South Australia

Rating: 3.75/5

Location: Wright’s Bay Bush Camping, South Australia – Lat: 37 02 31 S Long: 139 44 33 E

We left Frank Potts Reserve quite late on Wednesday morning and headed east toward the free ferry that crosses the Murray River at Wellington.

 

 

 

 

Our subsequent journey southward would follow the Limestone Coast and mark the beginning of the end of our crapulous affair with South Australia.

We had planned to stay the night at a free camp called The Granites. It’s a large bitumen parking area next to what would be a beautiful beach if it weren’t for the 40 kilometre an hour winds. Move to Plan B.

Another 20 kilometres (and 200 kilometres from our ferry ride at Wellington) and we reached the beachside town of Kingston.

Many ships have been wrecked along the Kingston to Robe coastline and the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse was eventually moved to the town.

I reckon that the old fashioned lighthouses, made from stone or brick, always seem to have a certain romance about them but to me, Kingston’s lighthouse was perhaps a little more Fifty Shades of Grey. Kev said that he quite liked it which I guess explains a lot.

Kingston also boasts one of those big novelty, touristy things that I told you about – similar to Kimba’s Big Galah. The Big Lobster loomed large as we drove into town. No, we’ve never heard of it either. However, we can tick that piece of awesomeness off the bucket list!

Our Plan B was a free camp near Kingston’s jetty.

While we have our own toilet and shower in the van, the town’s council only allow fully self-contained vehicles with grey water tanks installed to camp in the area. While we generally collect our grey water in a bucket and only use products that are environmentally friendly, we were unable to stay. Um … Plan C?

We headed south for another 25 kilometres to Wrights Bay Bush Camping. The caretaker is a happy, friendly bloke and we paid him the $6.00 nightly fee. That is, $6.00 per vehicle per night. Win, win and win!

The beach was wild and weedy while we were there and the camp information sheet states that there are some dangerous rips. Sadly, several people have drowned in the area.

Hair-raising wind notwithstanding, it’s a really good, cheap campsite and would be a great place to stay in warmer and less windy weather. We were tempted to stay longer but had some stuff to collect from the Robe Post Office so we stayed only one night.

Until next time my friend, may you tick something big off your bucket list!

Cost: $6 per vehicle per night
Dump point: No
Fishing: Yes
Phone/internet: Yes
Showers: No
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes

 

Frank Potts Reserve, South Australia

Rating: 3/5

Location: Frank Potts Reserve, South Australia – Lat: 35 17 56 S Long: 139 02 33 E

We left the beach and beauty of Victor Harbor and drove west along the coast road through Goolwa to a free camp at Frank Potts Reserve.

The reserve is a like a very large rest area but a great spot to stop overnight and you can camp on the grassy sites well off the highway under the large gum trees.

Kev took a walk to the nearby Bleasdale Winery and took some great shots at the place where Frank Potts started making wine in the mid 1800s.

We’re on the move and will stay at a few low-cost overnighters on our way toward the Victoria border. 

Be good my friend, and may your wine be fantastic and your campsites be free!

 

 

Cost: Free
Dump point: No
Fishing: No
Phone/internet: No
Showers: No
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes

Victor Harbor Beachfront Holiday Park, South Australia

Rating: 3.5/5

Location: Victor Harbor Beachfront Holiday Park, 114 Victoria Street, Victor Harbor, South Australia

The city of Victor Harbor is located on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula approximately 80 kilometres south of Adelaide.

In the mid 1800s, some of Kev’s ancestors decided to bypass the bright lights of Adelaide and start the Australian arm of the clan in the Victor Harbor area.

The town’s name was originally Port Victor and was changed to ‘Victor Harbor’ in 1921, as a result of a near shipwreck which they blamed on some poor bugger getting confused with Port Victoria in the Yorke Peninsula.

While ‘harbour’ is generally spelt with a ‘u’ in modern Australian English, the name of the city is spelt Victor ‘Harbor’ – a result of spelling errors made by an early Surveyor General of South Australia. Not as big a mistake as the Victor/Victoria shipwreck me thinks!

The protagonist of Mary Shelley’s famous novel is a scientist also named Victor who is often portrayed as a monster-making mad man. However, in the original version of the book, he was portrayed as a tragic genius. The creature itself had both a good and a very naughty side to his personality and displayed love, grief, anger and remorse.

I’m thinking that Victor probably should have got a “tincture of tenderness” from Milton the Monster’s creator or at the very least, a few tips about building a monster from Dr. Frank N. Furter.

Sure, it has nothing to do with Victor Harbor but it’s about a Victor and what an incredible imagination Shelley had and what a marvellous story she wrote.

Victor Harbor boasts one of the few public horse-drawn tram routes remaining in the world with replicas of the 1894 tramcars hauled by Clydesdale horses across ‘The Causeway’ which joins the town to Granite Island.

Driving into the town is breathtaking and if you take a drive up to ‘The Bluff’, you’ll get magnificent views across the seemingly endless ocean.

 

The Bluff and Granite Island are both made up of hard granite, formed 500 million years ago when molten rock oozed up from deep within the earth.

 

 

The Victor Harbor Beachfront Holiday Park is nice … but it’s like that friend we all have. You know the one, a bit relaxed, not too tidy, lots of fun, but could really use a good haircut. However, it’s a nice park with plenty of grass and it is located right next to the beach.

Ah yes … the beach.

While they love lawn (although I’m not sure if Indy was rolling around on the lawn because of the grass or the seagull poo), Indy and Patch are both beach babies.

The beach brings out a joy in them that I wish I had in me every day. Every thing on the beach is interesting, fascinating, amazing.

On the first day of our stay, we took a drive around the Fleurieu Peninsula from Victor Harbor to Cape Jervis (where the ferry will take you to Kangaroo Island), Rapid Bay, Second Bay and Yankalilla.

We were tempted to stay at Rapid Bay campsite – it’s not free but very cheap and if the weather wasn’t so cold and windy, it would be a wonderful place to stop and chill out for a week.

We’re keen to get back to the free and budget camping spots along the coastline but caravan parks have enabled us to unhitch and take in the sights and wineries in the area.

Stay happy my friend and may your monsters be more Rocky Horror than Frankenstein.

Cost: $35 p/n powered
Dump point: Yes
Fishing: Yes
Phone/internet: Yes and 3 hours (or 50 MB) free WIFI per day
Showers: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes

McLaren Vale Lakeside Caravan Park, South Australia

Rating: 3/5

Location: McLaren Vale Lakeside Caravan Park, Field Street, McLaren Vale South Australia

On Wednesday, we said goodbye to those robust reds of the Barossa and headed south to McLaren Vale.

Hold on … there are more robust reds (and some awesome white wines) with great Shiraz, Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay grown in ‘The Vale’.

They also have great fortified wines and some fabulous boutique breweries – apparently! Geez, if only we had the time – and the constitution!

The drive to McLaren Vale through the Adelaide Hills is beautiful. The undulating hills of the Onkaparinga are offset with gorgeous valleys and like the Barossa, are decorated with wonderful wattles and lots of cherry and peach blossoms.

Again, you’re going to have to come here and see it for yourself because we just can’t capture the ‘wow’. We’re not sure what the yellow stuff is on all the deciduous tree trunks is, but it certainly adds to the wonderful colours of the place.

The McLaren Vale Lakeside Caravan Park is close to town, clean and grassy! Patch had a reaction to either the grass or weeds in the area so we made a generous contribution to the local vet’s expensive wine collection.

The swimming pool at the park is closed for winter. However, these little guys flouted the rules. Disobedience never looked so cute!

The park is great to use as a base to tour the area – not only for the magic that is the McLaren Vale, but it is also close enough to Adelaide to include that in your itinerary – which Kev and I did. Adelaide would be a wonderful place to stay and explore for a few days. We saw a beach side caravan park that looked pretty good – although I’m not sure if they take dogs.

We drove toward the coast and then went north from Glenelg travelling to Henley Beach, Semaphore and Largs Bay. I reckon that while the beaches near Adelaide have serious competition from some of our other states, it certainly has some of the most beautiful stone houses in Australia. Glenelg and its surrounds are up there with the best.

There were two dolphins frolicking in the marina in Glenelg. Once I was able to shut my gobsmacked mouth and pull out my camera, I managed to get a picture of a dolphin’s tail. It’s not a great photograph and I wish I could show you more – they were wonderful to watch – and we were right in the middle of town! It is always great to see dolphins. I’m not sure why but they make me feel like a happy kid – even my voice goes up to a higher pitch.

We spent a day driving around the wineries. However, McLaren Vale has several wineries in the centre of town so if you stay at the caravan park – or at a motel in town – you can enjoy some magnificent offerings without having to drive anywhere.

Now, whether you have dogs or not, Bracegirdle’s has wonderful food and chocolates that will make your mouth water. However, if you do have dogs, you can sit outside and enjoy what Bracegirdle’s call a “restaurant meal at cafe prices”.

My only regret about the place is that their signature (and very good) salt and pepper calamari dish left no room for a serving of their sticky date pudding with all kinds of chocolate poured over it for dessert which I reckon could have changed my life! If only there was an area of Australia dedicated to sticky date puddings!

Until next time my friend, why don’t you do like those gorgeous ducks and flout the rules – ignore the signs and go swimming – metaphorically of course!

Cost: $32 per night (Top Tourist discount 10%)
Dump point: Yes
Fishing: No
Phone/internet: Yes
Showers: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes

Barossa Valley Tourist Park, Nuriootpa, South Australia

Rating: 3.75/5

Location: Barossa Valley Tourist Park, Penrice Rd, Nuriootpa, South Australia

“I heard it through the grapevine …” Marvin Gaye

My friend, deep in the heart of the South Australian wine region is the Barossa Valley – considered to be one of the premier wine producing areas in Australia.

The Barossa was first settled in 1842 and is primarily known for its red wine, in particular its robust Shiraz – including one of Australia’s most famous wines, Penfold’s Grange. However, there are 150 wineries and more than 80 cellar doors in the area to suit all tastes and budgets.

We travelled through the area in December last year. The two photographs below (taken on our way out of Burra) show the contrast of the seasons in South Australia – one taken in the heat of summer and the other in late August at end of winter – both from the car as it moved along the highway so I’m unlikely to win the Archibald prize for either shot.

The Barossa Valley Tourist Park is well-positioned close to the main shopping street in the town of Nuriootpa. It’s an easy drive from there to explore the many quaint towns in the area as well as the Barossa’s wineries and the various other victual delights on offer.

The caravan park is adjacent to the town’s playing fields so the dogs had a ball running on the grassed fields.

Many of the park’s sites are also grassed and as always, it’s great to feel that green lushness between bare toes and under well-worn paws!

At the entrance to the caravan park, the original “House on Wheels” which was built in 1931 by G C Kaesler is showcased and might just be the first caravan! Old ‘Pop’ Kaesler also wrote a blog about his travels around South Australia and the Eastern States with his family. I found a link to it in the National Library of Australia called The Beginning of Motor Caravanning in Australia. Here’s the link if you want to have a read.

Nuriootpa itself is a wonderful town and as well as a groovy name (the local Aboriginal word for ‘meeting place’), it has all the shops and amenities you’ll need. It is also worth a drive to the other towns in the area including the aforementioned Tanunda, Angaston and Lyndoch which ooze old world charm.

If you like your bread as robust as your Shiraz, there’s a bakery on the highway north out of Tanunda that has a wholegrain brown bread that was so heavy, I’m sure I could hear it playing Metallica covers.

The architecture of the Seppelt Family Mausoleum is unexpected in this neck of the woods and they reckon it was built high enough for the family members resting there to overlook the village of Seppeltsfield and winery below.

Here’s hoping there’s also a full-bodied red available as they take in the view.

 

Stay happy my friend and until next time, may you enjoy abundance in all the good things that life offers.

Cost: $34-$38 p/n powered/$29-$33 p/n unpowered
Dump point: Yes
Fishing: No
Phone/internet: Yes
Showers: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes

Burra Caravan Park, Burra, South Australia

Rating: 3/5

Location: Burra Caravan Park, 12 Bridge Terrace, Burra, South Australia

We farewelled Rawnsley Park Station and the Flinders Ranges on Friday and headed south into the Clare Valley – one of Australia’s oldest wine regions and well known for some very delightful Rieslings – through which we had travelled in the heat of summer late last year.

On the way, we drove through the town of Orroroo and I reckon it sounds like the noise you make when you answer your dentist as he examines your back molars with his sickle probe. “So, how’s work Lisa?” “Orroroo … orroroo.”. “Really? Glad to hear it!”

We stopped in Peterborough for a leg stretch and to get some diesel. The dogs were fascinated with the model train. Indy was busy reading the blurb on the notice board and Patch was searching for lost property in the bushes.

We went through some beautiful towns as we drove south toward Burra. However, there were a few that Kev said were like movie scenes from Mad Max. I would have been more than happy to see a young Mel Gibson strolling around in leather motorcycle suit.

We saw so many ruins along the road. Miniature versions of Kanyaka – crumbling homesteads on endless, treeless farmland. It would be interesting to find out the stories that go with each fallen down, disintegrating dwelling as they slowly die beside the highway.

Burra is an historic town at the top end (and a little to the east) of the Clare Valley and is considered to be one of the best-preserved towns of the Victorian era in Australia.

The town’s copper mine was established in 1848 and the environmental damage notwithstanding, it is an interesting place to visit and view some of the town’s history.

We had whizzed through Burra on our way through to Clare last year and we’d regretted not stopping to enjoy its stony beauty.

On the highway into Burra (from the north) you’ll find Burra Cottage. Apparently, it is a well known record cover from Midnight Oil’s Diesel and Dust album. There is no signage and it’s slightly off the road. In fact, if Kev had actually been taking notice of the road and his driving (don’t get me started), we would have missed it.

While we’re not really fans of the band, it’s been a long road from home to here and we’ve had our fair share of diesel and dust along the way so we decided to take our own album cover shots.

Apparently, the homestead surrounds look significantly different in summer, when the album picture was taken, than it does at the time of our winter photographs.

Burra Caravan Park is small but adequate. It is close to the creek and lots of ducks frequent the park.

The ablutions are clean and the park is positioned within walking distance of the centre of town. However, there was one thing that set it apart from all the other caravan parks, station stays and camps we’d stopped at during our travels.

The showers.

You know what it’s like when you travel, all showers are different. There are some good, some bad and some are downright ugly. Well, that Burra Caravan Park shower was the right temperature, the right pressure and the right height.

The Burra Hotel is a great spot to sit and watch the world go by and no problems having the dogs sit with us on the verandah. There are some amazing characters on both sides of the bar at the hotel.

We were told that the pizza place in town is fantastic and we were going to go there for dinner. However, sitting outside (again with the dogs) at night time would be folly. A very foolish, freezing, folly. Moreover, you are not allowed to have a warming red if you sit at the outside tables. No debate required!

Another very important fact that you should know about Burra is that the bakery has the BEST spinach and feta rolls that you’ll EVER taste. How does one town boast the best showers AND the best spinach and feta rolls I don’t know!

My friend, I hope you have the opportunity to return and enjoy that interesting place through which you travelled too quickly.

Cost: $25 per night powered
Dump point: Yes
Fishing: No
Phone/internet: Yes
Showers: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Water: Yes