KANIVA VICTORIA / FREE CAMPING / PINK LAKE / KANIVA PUPPET SHOP / NHILL VICTORIA / NHILL SILO ART

#kaniva #kanivapuppetshop #freecampingvictoria In this episode, we travel in our converted Ford transit campervan, with our dog, to the town of Kaniva, in Victoria, Australia. We free camped locally at the next town of Nhill at Nhill RAAF Base, which I show you around in this episode. Below lists the places we visited in this episode. Kaniva Sheep Art Trail Kaniva Puppet Shop Silos art Kaniva Silo Kaniva Puppet Shop Nhill Little Desert Pink Lake The small town of Kaniva is located in the far west of Victoria, between Nhill and the border with South Australia, on the main highway between Melbourne and Adelaide. Kaniva's major thoroughfare is the Western Highway which is known as Commercial Street through the town centre and is lined with colourful bushes. Kaniva's shops and hotels can be found along this street, many with authentic shopfronts and wide verandahs. On the corner of Commercial Street and Madden Street North is the local visitor information centre and a large windmill which symbolises the town's use of its abundant underground water supply. On the west side of town along the Western Highway, opposite Douglas Street, is Kaniva Wetlands and Fauna Park. Visitors can observe animals including an emu, deer and peacock, while the aviary section contains cockatoos, parrots and rosellas. The park also includes wetlands with waterbirds and native grasses, a BBQ shelter, picnic tables, playground, flying fox and walking tracks. You can visit the town’s information page www.Kaniva.org for Points of Interest of the town. The Sheep Art Trail is an 800-metre walk which links Band Park, in Progress Street, with Kaniva's main street and Kaniva Wetlands and Fauna Park. It consists of brightly painted sheep sculptures, each with its own name and story that links it to a place or community group. Just behind Band Park, along the railway line, are grain silos with painted artwork that pays tribute to the flora and fauna of the Little Desert National Park. We free camped at Nhill RAAF Base. The camping area is for self-contained RVs, with flat ground next to the Walk Around tour of the old WWII RAAF facilities. Donations are welcome for your stay. The town of Nhill is located between the smaller centres of Dimboola and Kaniva in the west of the state. It is approximately at the half-way point between Melbourne and Adelaide on the Western Highway. Kaniva Puppet Shop is the shop that makes you smile. It is one of only a few puppet shops still operating in Australia. It offers the visitor the opportunity to experience the magical world of puppetry. Visitors can enjoy puppet demonstrations and view a private marionette collection including one of the rare Australian mid-century Tintookie Marionettes. Children can perform impromptu puppet plays with puppets and theatre provided. The shop features a Christmas room and a wide variety of jigsaw puzzles. The owner, Julie, also runs a variety of workshops from wreath making to Christmas decorations. Kaniva Puppet Shop is open Monday to Saturday from 10 - 4pm. GrainCorp Silos at Kaniva -Victoria. Artist: David Lee Pereira The design features the Australian Hobby bird. To the left of the bird is the plains sun orchid (Thelymitra megacalyptra) with the salmon/pink sun orchid (Thelymitra rubra) on the right. The Little Desert National is just a short drive south of town while the vast waters of Lake Hindmarsh are around 40 kilometres north-east of Nhill near the town of Jeparit. Pink Lake is a small, circular, salty pink lake on the Western Highway just north of Dimboola in Australia. The lake received its name from its distinctive pink colour. We hope you enjoy our channel. We often get asked, ‘what is vanlife?’ Although the term van-dwelling implies living in a van, many types of vehicles may be used for permanent, mobile living arrangements, including former public buses or school buses, campervans, recreational vehicles (RVs), travel trailers, mobile homes, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and cars. We enjoy part-time van-life, creating weekly episodes that are live at 5pm (AEST) Sundays, and sharing our experiences on our travels with our cavoodle, Twyla. In our episodes we stay at free and paid campsites, showing our tips and tricks on how to make life on the road easier and fun. Come join us on our adventures!