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Most Beautiful View in South Australia wanted.

Submitted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 22:43

ZTG


Hi folks,

well im looking for your assistance, I am planning on proposing to my girlfriend at easter time, and want to go somewhere with a fantastic view to do it.

i was thinking somewhere with a hike up a high hill with a view, or 4wd trip to a secluded beach location or something, am open to suggestions.

any ideas??

thanks

ZTG
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AnswerID: 219381   Submitted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 22:47

Voxson replied:

Go to Bendleby and go to the North South Ridge......
But i wouldnt waste it proposing.....
Sink a few beers instead.....
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FollowupID: 479912   Submitted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 22:58

ZTG posted:

thanks Voxson, I think I prefer your idea, but well you know....

looks good will have to check that out, she like the ocean, so any ideas of anything on the cost
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FollowupID: 479915   Submitted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 23:15

Member - Jeff H (QLD) posted:

Tully airport mate: might catch her on her blind side as you come in over the Family Isles.

No offence buddy, but it's true!!!
(May it be a long, happy, and even-handed contact.)
. ( His Wife), jeff.

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FollowupID: 479917   Submitted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 23:23

Member - Jeff H (QLD) posted:

Hey ZTG,
Could always bail out after the view of the islands, and skydive down to Mission Beach. (With or without Bride). Jeff.
(Mate, she Always signs me in the lower case: Id'unno. Bloomin' gratitude, eh).

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AnswerID: 219383   Submitted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 23:22

Member - Barnesy (SA) replied:

Deep Creek conservation park. Your choice but go for a either short or long bushwalk to spectacular views of the cliif lines looking over backstairs passage and Kangaroo island. I think there is also a short 4wd trip there but i haven't done it the times i've been there. Easter may have a few people there though.

Have a look at the SA NP&WS web site for photos of the place. If there is another place within a couple of hours of Adelaide with better coastal views I'd like to know.

Other than that the limestone coast has great views basically all along.

On the Eyre penin then Coffin Bay or Lincoln NP are excellent places and my missus, who also oves the coast, is always at me to go camping there. She doesn't usually like camping so that says it all!

Barnesy
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AnswerID: 219384   Submitted: Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 23:37

Member - Doug T (W.A) replied:

Mmmmm my memory goes back to 1970 yeh Eagle on the Hill overlooking the lights of Adelaide is where I popped the question, of course there are many places and one to mind would be at the Barossa Brauhaus Hotel, at Angaston, after a nice meal you go to Menglers hill Lookout

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FollowupID: 479922   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 00:19

Member - Jeff H (QLD) posted:

Doug, stop it! (Checkim, Foreman).

The Boy needs discouragement, not fond reminisces.
Bloomin behave like the geriatric that I am!

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FollowupID: 480132   Submitted: Sunday, Feb 04, 2007 at 00:05

Turbo posted:

Hi Doug, Eagle on the hill as in pub is now somebodys home. i went to a party there last weekend. great place to let time pass by. cheers Dave.
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AnswerID: 219386   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 00:14

Hairy replied:

Is the "Crazy Horse" still open?
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FollowupID: 479925   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 02:54

Member - Jeff H (QLD) posted:

No sign of life Hairy.
Bit of a worry, eh?

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AnswerID: 219396   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 03:21

jasonbrisbane replied:

Around 15 km north of PT Vincent on Yorke Peninsula you will find a little area called Sheok Flats (all gravel roads).When you travel down to the boat ramp here it is truly beautiful and remote .My grandfather constructed the park bench that faces the ocean on the beach.Here would be a great place to propose.if you go right on the beach and walk 1k and look up to yourright there is a cave with a view of st vincent gulf.Here would be another nice place.MAke sure it is high tide tho as the water goes out a long way.I remember as a boy exploring 1k offshore when the tide was out stirring up the sand crabs and stingrays but when the tide was coming back in it would match your fastest walk back in!Another good place is just before u decend to Pt Vincent at the top of the hill.A truly breathtaking sight.
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AnswerID: 219402   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 06:39

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FollowupID: 479965   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 10:36

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AnswerID: 219404   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 06:46

mfewster replied:

Close to the city? Windy Point overlooking the city at night, especially just after the sun has gone down. If you are feeling well stocked with cash, the views from the restaurant there are fantastic and the food is pretty good as well.
But the best. Climb St Mary's Peake in the Flinders Ranges and check the view of the Ranges to the north. I'd do it on a cooler day however. Its a longish hard walk from Wilpena Pound.
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AnswerID: 219409   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 07:08

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses replied:

Mate, it depends how secluded you want to go. I see abover some Flinders views are suggested and they are very good as is the Eyre Peninsula, but you can get really secluded and go to somewhere like the Painted Desert. So secluded that a picture advertised on The Australian site a couple of weeks back said it was only known to some locals and the pilot who took the photos. Rupert did of course neglect readers of EO who have known for some years
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AnswerID: 219414   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 08:04

Brew69(SA) replied:

Hot air Balloon flight in the Barossa, Not 4WD i know but still fantastic being up there.
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AnswerID: 219417   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 08:48

John R (SA) replied:

My two favourites:
The beaches south of Robe. Though it doesn't show up well in this photo, the coast line is, I think, stunning.


Robe beaches



And the Flinders Ranges


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Neither photo is particularly good, but it gives you a bit of an idea. Good luck!
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AnswerID: 219419   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 08:50

twabbit replied:

Dolphin bay.
beautiful white sand and cristal clear to deep blue water.Breathtaking :)
As you walk over a sand dune....along the track you come to a crest and the bay is revealed.

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AnswerID: 219424   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 09:23

DIO replied:

Windy Point.

31% of marriage proposals, 87% conceptions occur there.

A pretty popular place.
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AnswerID: 219429   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 09:53

Willem replied:

Mt Gill, Warraweena Conservation Park, Flinders Ranges. 980m above sea level with fantastic views over the Ranges.

And you can drive all the way up there.

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FollowupID: 479990   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 13:49

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AnswerID: 219430   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 09:58

troopyman replied:

QUOTE "Most Beautiful View in South Australia wanted" . The view as your leaving , heading to queensland .
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FollowupID: 479967   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 10:56

Willem posted:

Why do they call it Queensland...because most of the inhabitants come from Sydney....lol
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FollowupID: 479969   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 11:21

ZTG posted:

Mate, I agree, was up cape york in July, loved every minute, but couldn't convince her to go on such a long full on 4wd trip.
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FollowupID: 479980   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 13:12

troopyman posted:

Only jokin Willem .
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AnswerID: 219434   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 10:21

RobAck replied:

All of the advice looks good. It depends on lots of things but if you are both interested in the outback then a couple spring easily to mind. The view from Silliers Lookout at the end of the Ridgetop tour at Arkaroola and the view from any of the points around Wilpena Pound. Sadly you have to walk to the latter.

The front verandah of Grindell's Hut in the Gammon Ranges. Or Bendleby Ranges on the North South Ridge at a place we call cocktail point at sunset.

Or Kangaroo Island almost anywere

Regards

RobA
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AnswerID: 219439   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 11:24

ZTG replied:

Thanks for all the advice, much to think about, a few of those places look and sound great,

thanks for all the help

ZTG
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AnswerID: 219442   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 11:40

Des Lexic replied:

Any where in the back seat of the car with the windows fogged up. Doesn't matter about the view as who cares what the view is like.
It sounds like you like camping and she doesn't. Is that a recipe for a good marriage? Make sure that it is her that changes.
It's not the years of your life that matters, it's the life in your years that count.
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FollowupID: 479976   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 11:50

ZTG posted:

Des,
your right about that, have been slowly changing her, she loved our trips to kangaroo island, and robe, but they were just long weekend trips.

thats part of why i want to propose while camping, help give the experience some positive and happy memories and connections.

at this stage am thinking either coffin bay, or innes national park as recommended above, both look pretty good.

Zach
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AnswerID: 219453   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 13:39

Taz & Milka-Queanbeyan replied:

Try blindfolding her, driving to a small airport and taking her up in a light plane over the city at sunset. You get to watch the sun going down and the city lights coming on.

Thats how I proposed to my first wife over Perth. You can then go out for a romantic candlelight dinner then either home or to a nice hotel room to seal the deal if she said yes.

Take her 4WDing the next day.

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FollowupID: 480037   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 17:45

Outnabout David (SA) posted:

Well if that was your first wife then obviously it wasn't too successfull !!.......lol

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AnswerID: 219457   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 14:04

Dean replied:

Yep all of the above, but why so high, are you gunna push her off if she says no.
Dean
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AnswerID: 219464   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 14:42

Member - Pesty (SA) replied:

You can bang a rock, on the cairn, on top of Mt Carnarvon about halfway around the Skytrek self drive on Willow Springs Stn in the Flinders, you can camp there too and they even have hot showers.

We ( YP4wd club, and others, ) are all going to be at the 60th Anniversary celebrations of Woomera over easter, you are welcome to come join us and we will help you find a good spot, a real desert setting with red dust and dry saltbush, or red mud if its raining, and show her a good camping experience too.

Cheers Pesty

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FollowupID: 480038   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 17:49

Outnabout David (SA) posted:

Pesty,

Any room for a TLCCSA ring in. Saw some photo's from one of your trips yhere and it sounded really interesting plus I have no plans yet for EAster.

Would ask your el Pesidento but I just bagged him in your water pump fan post.

Otherwise I might just have to join your club as well to get a ticket but then you would be stuck with me for twelve months.!

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FollowupID: 480061   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 19:14

Member - Roachie (SA) posted:

David.................water off a ducks back mate. I am _SOOOOO_ used to being bagged by my "mates" that it has no effect anymore. I've given up on Pesty; he is a totally lost cause I'm sorry to say.....(actually, you're in the same boat...)

Anyway, we encourage Adelaidians to come along with us on trips. Even Melbournians. Once they've been on a trip with the Roachmeister, they're hooked for life; they can't get their chequebook out quick enough to pay the subs and join up. I have that uncanny ability to stuff-up soooo frequently, I have all members in perpetual stitches , RAOFLTAO..... ;-)) So, you'd be more than welcome....

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FollowupID: 480121   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 22:56

Member - Pesty (SA) posted:

Hi David,
You and a group of yota owners would be welcome to come with us at easter, as the Roachmaster sorta said we enjoy good company.
Not really a 4wd trip, but should be interesting, its the 60th anniversary of Woomera and there will be lots of things going on, they have a web site for the event, but I dont have it, shouldnt be hard to find though.
All accom is long boooked, but we will go as usual self surficient and find a patch to make a camp, lots of options around the town.
We were there on a Range tour late last year when we were told of the event, and we always enjoy our woomera visits.
We have a muck-up award at our club and each month someone gets it for the month, well actually since Roachie came along we now have 2, and he has this knack of getting at least 1 if not 2 on a regular basis hahahahaha , so regular in fact Annette cleans it on the shelf with the rest of the house as she thinks its his to keep ahhahahaah

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AnswerID: 219468   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 15:44

Footloose replied:

The most beautiful view in SA will be her face, when you ask her :))
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AnswerID: 219494   Submitted: Saturday, Feb 03, 2007 at 17:53

Outnabout David (SA) replied:

Don't worry about the right place. Just get the timing right.
You will spend hours trying to get everything perfect and then something will happen to take the gloss off it. Planning is the worst thing to do.
Spontaneity and timing are the key and if that happens to be camping then thats OK.

But if you reall;y want to remember and cherish the moment then make sure it is the right moment.

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