Tagged: Broken Hill

Bay to Birdwood – Day 7 – Cobb Highway 0

Bay to Birdwood – Day 7 – Cobb Highway

Today was the penultimate day of our big road trip to Adelaide and back, and the biggest distance covered.   We started early in Broken Hill, leaving at 0630 local time.   Broken Hill observes South Australia time, so we lost half an hour heading east.   We didn’t have a normal breakfast stop, the plan was to stop a rest area near Wilcannia rather than in...

Bay to Birdwood – Day 6 – Loxton to Broken Hill 0

Bay to Birdwood – Day 6 – Loxton to Broken Hill

On Day 6, we started out in South Australia, crossed over into Victoria for Breakfast and then into NSW for Lunch, before ending back on South Australia Time. As usual we left Loxton early and headed to our first destination, Merbein. This was the only part of our drive where we overlap with the route we used to get to South Australia.  There is...

Mercedes Clubs National Rally 2022 – Summary 15

Mercedes Clubs National Rally 2022 – Summary

I recently attended the Mercedes Clubs National Rally 2022 in Glenelg, SA.   Not only did I attend the actual event, but I joined a group of friends in the MBCNSW to create a Classic Mercedes rally within a rally.   We all have young children and its not easy to get a lot of time off work, so our goal was to pack as much...

Mercedes Clubs National Rally 2022 – Day 6 Glenelg to White Cliffs 4

Mercedes Clubs National Rally 2022 – Day 6 Glenelg to White Cliffs

With the rally now over, it was time to start our drive home to Sydney. Like our journey to Adelaide, we had planned a scenic route back. Our route takes us home via Broken Hill, Wilcannia, Cobar and the Barrier highway. Most of our group had not seen this part out Outback Australia before, so were keen to experience it as part of this...