Touring around Australia & BEYOND
  • Home
  • Tours around Oz
    • Adelaide to Melbourne
    • Back to Lithgow
    • Bairnsdale to Canberra
    • Cairns to Darwin
    • Melbourne to Sydney
    • Mittagong to Dungog
    • Mount Victoria and around to Sydney
    • Perth to Adelaide
    • Port Augusta to Uluru
    • Tasmania
  • Rides around Sydney
    • Akuna Bay, West Head & Manly
    • A ride through Royal National Park
    • Southern Highlands to Kiama
  • Japan 2017
  • The equipment
    • The bikes
    • The luggage
    • The kitchen
    • The tent & sleeping bits
    • Location shots
  • Resources & Contact

Adelaide to Melbourne

Day 4: Long Point to 42 Mile Crossing
Distance travelled: 108 km (67 miles) - Total so far: 381 km

Useful Resources
Coorong National Park

Last night has to be one of my favourite camp spots so far. It was so scenic and tranquil. I didn't see anybody else whilst I was staying here. So it was just me, the pelicans and seagulls.

It did rain a bit though during the night. This morning it had stopped. By the time I had taken some more photos and packed my stuff away, I was riding at 7am. In just over an hour I was at Meningie. It is a small town on the edge of Lake Albert. I stopped here for a little while for breakfast. I had a very nice spot just next to the water to enjoy my pie and shake.

For the next 60km I followed the Princes Hwy to Salt Creek. Traffic was light and I had a good shoulder all the way down. Which made it nice and easy. After about 20km I had an Emu run right across the road, no more than 50 metres from where I was. Thankfully that doesn't happen too often. I stopped at Salt Creek for lunch and tried one of their Coorong Burgers. And it wasn't a bad burger.

A very yummy burger at Salt Creek

I then took the loop road, which goes through the Coorong. The road is unpaved and a few places were corrugated. At least it meant I was getting a good massage whilst enjoying the quiet road. After about 12km I rejoined the main road and headed for 42 Mile Crossing. This is where I'd be camping tonight.
The Loop road

When I took the turnoff for the campground, the road again was unpaved. This time it was very poorly maintained. Thankfully it only went on for 3km. When I arrived I noticed the sun had come out and it was pretty warm. So I setup camp and relaxed. It is about 1.5km walk over the dunes to the beach. Will have a look later today or tomorrow morning.

Once again the riding today was really scenic and the traffic very well behaved. Tomorrow I'll be leaving the Coorong and head towards Kingston SE and then on to Robe.


< Day 3: Milang to Long Point, Coorong National Park
Day 5: 42 Mile Crossing to Robe >
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Tours around Oz
    • Adelaide to Melbourne
    • Back to Lithgow
    • Bairnsdale to Canberra
    • Cairns to Darwin
    • Melbourne to Sydney
    • Mittagong to Dungog
    • Mount Victoria and around to Sydney
    • Perth to Adelaide
    • Port Augusta to Uluru
    • Tasmania
  • Rides around Sydney
    • Akuna Bay, West Head & Manly
    • A ride through Royal National Park
    • Southern Highlands to Kiama
  • Japan 2017
  • The equipment
    • The bikes
    • The luggage
    • The kitchen
    • The tent & sleeping bits
    • Location shots
  • Resources & Contact