Melbourne to Adelaide - info needed pls.

One of the more interesting and less well know places you might like to check out is Ewans Ponds. Don't bother unless you have goggles/snorkel though - there is not much to see from the surface - but a very interesting fresh water snorkelling site. Not sure what the weather will be like either - the water is pretty cold from memory. Worth a look though if you like that sort of thing.

Robe is a great spot,its on the coast about 40-50 kms south of Kingston.There are some really good tracks through the sandhills of little dip conservation park which is just out the back of robe.Lakeside caravan park at robe is very good also.Plenty of shops for the misses to look through aswell.
Happy trails

Nice suggestion Tim Owen. Mt Gambier has some really interesting places. Travel up to Naracoorte to the caves and interpretive centre, then to Keith and turn west down the Gum Lagoon road to have a look at the Coorong if you get time. Just beware that driving below the high tide mark is hazardous (IMHO anyway).Chinamans Well is worth a look also. But you can go in at 42 Mile Crossing and come out at Tea Tree Crossing - wicked sand dune there that will test your driving ability if going up. Although, if there are no other vehicles around it could be risky as its easy to get stuck, particularly on the beach. Stay up near the foredune. Or you can just take the Millicent road, to Beachport, Robe, Cape Jaffa, and along the coast that way.

You can then go to Adelaide via Wellington, Langhorne Creek, the Adelaide Hills and finally, down the freeway.

I wouldn't say there are any towns to avoid along that route. If you're into wineries you can't miss the Coonawarra District.

Either way you go, the best thing about SA is there is lots to see at your own pace. Not much 4WDing near Adelaide though.

Enjoy the trip.

Have a close look at Warrnambool, on way west - large town, quite a few attractions, possible activities with kids. There is a very good van park with cabins at Narrawong, just east of Portland. Excellent park for little kids. Better than any of the options in Portland. Check out Beachport in SA too. Either here or Robe would better than Kingston, in my opinion.

You really should not miss, Beachport or Robe. Great beaches at the back of Beachport and some nice sand driving too.

A bit of research and you can do some sand/beach driving from Port McDonall to Robe.

If you can't find details, another post will help you I am sure.

Rough rule of thumb for beach driving around Robe.

Flat wide beaches tend to be OK and generally hard relatively compacted sand. Often finer grained sand.
Steep beaches equals no go - very soft sand. Often larger grained sand with a lot of shell grit. You sink in easily when walking on it.

Tyre pressures down to 18psi.

If you want to Victor Harbor is a nice spot it has a horse tram t granit island the island has pengins morning and night there is a nice beach in Pt elliiot horseshoe bay the berach is protroled buy suf gards. At pt Elliot the is a caravan park on the beach you will have to c if thre are any spots avil. as it is booked ot most of the time

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