Visit SA?

Giday Bob,
You must be a neighbor of mine, I live on the MNC as well. (Kempsey/Port Macquarie area)

From the MNC you can travel via Tamworth, Gunnedah, Coonababran, Gigandra, Dubbo, Cobar, Broken Hill and down to Adelaide.

Or you can go via Newcastle Singleton, Merriwa Dunedoo, Dubbo and then to Broken Hill.

Iether way you had best get to Dubbo. But from there you can also go via West Wyalong and Hay, Balranald, Mildura etc., etc.

I have done it both ways and can recommend all ways. I depends on how much time you have and what you want to do.

Give me a bit more detail about your plans and I will fill in some more gaps.

Cheers, Bruce

Hi Bob,
There are many things to see no matter which path you take to Adelaide.
We make it a habit of calling in to the tourist info centres when ever we stop in a town as this is one way to find out most of the attractions in one go.

Gilgandra has a great machinery museum right beside the highway.
The caves Van Park at Wellington is a good spot although I have never been there it is well regarded as is a tour of the caves there.
Dubbo is worth 2 or 3 days at least with the Western Plains Zoo and the Dubbo Goal.

Nice quiet van park at Naromine according to one poster here yesterday, Check out the lookout over the open cut mine at Cobar, someone also said there is a mine tour conducted at Cobar, would be interesting follow up on that one.

I have been to Broken Hill twice and spent a total of 7 days there and still need to go back to see many things I have missed. Silverton is a must and the van park there is well spoken of.

From Broken Hill to Flinders Ranges is a good run and not a long way out of your way. We stayed at Rawnsely Station when we went to Wilpeena. Good setup and reasonably priced about now as this is their off season. You get the pick of the sites in the off season as well.

With all the rain we have had the wild flowers are blooming everywhere apparently so that will be something to see as well. A trip to Whyalla is a good run from the Flinders and there is an old Corvette from the RAN set up beside the tourist info centre there as well and a tour of the One Steel works is a worthwhile thing to do as well.

A trip from Broken Hill down to Wentworth where the Darling runs into the Murray is a good one also and from there along the Murray to Adelaide is also a pretty run especially due to the rain we have had throughout the south of the country. Make sure you visit Victor Harbor when you get to Adelaide and take the horse drawn tram ride out along the jetty. The train ride to Goolwah is also a must do.
There are several free camps we have used over the last couple of years. One good one is 63 Ks west of Cobar 927. There is another 30 Ks north of West Wyalong on the Newell 847 in Camps Australia. Another good spot is beside Lake Benanee 799 between Balranald and Mildura..

Bob I will give you my email address and you can email me yours if you wish and I will give you a more in depth itinerary as there is not a lot of space here to do it properly.

My email address is alanvale at midcoast dot com dot au

best regards, Bruce.

In my opinion, the best time to do the Flinders Ranges, Broken Hill etc is Sept to Nov. Too hot after that.
The best time to visit Adelaide, Yorke Peninsula and Eyre Peninsula is late Feb to late April. Not so much wind in coastal areas, warm days, mostly cool nights. You may cop a heat wave in Feb, but it's OK near the beach.

G'day bolwarrabob. Just arrived back in Shellharbour this afternoon after 2 weeks down there. Went down and picked up a 3 mth old van from Currency Creek and then stayed a week at Victor Harbour. Our intention was to go to Adelaide and park but found VH a beautiful place and only 1hr 15 m drive to the city. We did 3 trips up there. We went down via Wagga, Balranald, Tooleybuc,Ouyen, Pinnaroo,Tailem Bend and down to the Fleurieu Peninsular. We then returned via Murray Bridge, Karoonda, Mindarie,Paruna,Loxton and Mildura and had the best trip. The country is the best it has looked for years apparently and even the Malley desert is green. You see the most incredible things on the back roads with only a quarter of the traffic. My only regret is not having long enough so roll on retirement. Have a great trip. Bob.