After I published the last blog, we explored the little Mallee town of Rainbow. We found a few attempts at trendy little hip shops that weren’t open. One was a shop dedicated to Harley Davidsons and guitars. Another was the Rainbow Brewery at the back of the Eureka Hotel. On doing some research, the people…
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Big Desert State Forest
We camp the night at Paruna, which is on Erawirung (or Yirawirung) country. This country is …”On the eastern bank of Murray River from above Paringa to Loxton and about 15 miles (40 km) farther south in sandy country, away from the river. On the western side of river from Rufus Creek west to near…
Down hill to Burra and the Riverland
We had the intention of exploring a few towns today. I had marked Hammond on my map to visit because Jeremy wanted to visit a deserted town. But when we got there we didn’t bother stopping. After all we had just come from Beltana and Farina. So the lure of more partly ruined houses was…
South to Holowiliena through the Flinders
I am put on breakfast duty on the wood stove. It’s hectic as I cook bacon and eggs and keep an eye on the toast but nothing is burnt. After brekky we decide to book somewhere for our nights camp. Our first choice, Willow Springs Station right in the middle of the Flinders is full….
Beltana
We leave Farina after a leisurely morning to begin our journey back south. We stop in at the Ochre cliffs just before Lyndhurst. The Kuyani people used to mine ochre here for ceremonial purposes, such as body and rock painting. The ochre found here was a vast array of colours and was traded to tribes…
North to Farina
Rosie told us we should visit Farina and then we saw the town featured on a TV clip at the Wadlata visitor centre in Port Augusta. The clip also mentioned the Kanyaka station ruins which we visited yesterday. And Copley bakery which we called into and was really busy and the building didn’t look anything…
Warren Gorge to Edeowie
After a cooked brekky and walk up the small gorge behind us we take the scenic Heritage Loop to Hawker. We are travelling through a cultural junction of traditional lands of the Nukunu, Adnyamathanha, or rock people, and Barngarla people. First stop is 25 year old Hugh Proby’s grave. He drowned in a nearby creek…
Cowell – Port Augusta – Quorn
After a morning walk amongst the sand dunes and along the beach we pack up and head east across the middle of the Eyre Peninsula. We have decided not to head any further south so that we can get up north of Beltana and check out some of the Flinders Ranges. We arrive at the…
Lost on the way to Elliston
We leave the lovely Wattle Grove Campsite and plug Ucontitchie Hill into Google maps. Due to a combination of the rock being on private land and bad phone coverage we end up on some pretty crappy roads. The recent rain hasn’t helped things either. It’s only when we get to the rock we realise the…
Wudinna
After our normal short drive of just over an hour we arrive at Wudinna Wattle Grove Rock Campground overlooking the Gawler Ranges for a 2 night stay to explore the area. Stunning views from every direction complete a perfectly sunny day. We are positioned in the front of a massive granite boulder thats shape is…
Port Augusta and Kimba
We pack up camp at Hancock’s Lookout in the start of the rain event that has been forecast for much of Central SA today. After stocking up on firewood, it’s down the hills to check out Port Augusta. It is too wet to visit the acclaimed Arid Lands Botanical Gardens so we head into the…
Northward bound
The last couple of days we slept in Chook and Rosalie’s house. Thank goodness ..the wind had been severe. It is still blowing a gale when we take to the road again. But we decide to soldier on and make the most of it. We stop at our old home of Nurioopta purely to visit…
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