Rawnsley Park Station & The Flinders Ranges Way
There are a number of station stays you can try when travelling in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia and Rawnsley Park Station is one I would recommend.
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Outback Travel – Beware of Flash Flooding
I have a favourite poem written by an Australian woman named Dorothea Mackeller, called ‘My Country’. She wrote the poem at the age of 22, while living in England and homesick for her country, Australia. It was first published in 1908. It’s one of the best known poems and probably most Aussies would know a… Read More Outback Travel – Beware of Flash Flooding
Most Remote Mail Route & Water Tank Art in Australia
Marree is one of the last towns to visit before you start entering desert country in South Australia. It’s over 650 kilometres from Adelaide in Arabunna country. It’s the junction of the Oodnadatta and Birdsville tracks and although there’s not a lot to the town itself, the hub is the hotel and it’s quite an… Read More Most Remote Mail Route & Water Tank Art in Australia
Parachilna – Ferals and Fossils
A sign that greets you as enter the town of Parachilna in the Flinders Ranges, gives you the Adnyamathanha peoples original name for the location as Varratyalinha. The word means Dead Finish Splinter – dead finish is the plant species Acacia Tetragonophylla. Another theory is that the Nukunu people lived in this area and referred… Read More Parachilna – Ferals and Fossils
Naturally Colourful Mid North South Australia
The Mid North region of South Australia has particularly eye catching views in spring, mainly due to it being Canola season. Driving through the region your eyes are assaulted with the most brilliant colours and the whole area looks like it’s been draped in a patchwork quilt of the brightest greens, yellows and purples, thanks… Read More Naturally Colourful Mid North South Australia
Wirrabara Silo Art
I’m ticking off the silo art in South Australia slowly but surely and the town of Wirrabara in the mid north, around 235 kilometres from Adelaide is one of the latest.
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