Thompson Beach is relatively close to Adelaide and is an ideal short day trip option. It has a wide sandy tidal beach that's popular with fisherfolk for whiting and blue swimmer crab raking. You can drive onto the beach but you won't get far and there's really nowhere to go anyway. It's a beach...
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Clare Valley Day Trip
The Clare Valley rivals the Barossa in beauty and sophistication. The town of Clare is near the northern end of the valley about an hour and three quarters from Adelaide. Just follow Main North Road to Clare, that's it. After crossing the wheatbelt and passing through Tarlee and Rhynie you'll reach the cute little...
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Road Trips From Adelaide You Can Do in a Day
What are the best road trips from Adelaide that you can do in a day? Here's my collection of some of the best day trips with some pictures and descriptions to help you plan an ideal family day out. No exhaustive descriptions - just tips to help you make the most of your day....
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Roadside Rubbish is Australia’s Roadside Shame
Some of Australia’s most beautiful and remote roads regularly fall victim to illegal dumping and the rubbish that people throw out of their cars. Rubbish litters the verges of most of our busy highways, but littering and dumping is also blighting many of our back roads. The volume of roadside rubbish in Australia has...
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South Australia’s National Park Camp Site Booking System
‘Booking’ your camp site and paying entry fees for national parks used to mean being first to arrive and pay at the money boxes or the park office. It was first in, first served. The online camp site booking and payment system in South Australia was introduced as a trial in 2013 and now...
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