Blogs from Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

After a busy day of admin in Adelaide (i.e. writing our blogs for our avid readers and washing!) we had an early morning pick up for our next tour which will be taking us across to Perth. We met our new tour group as we headed North back through the Clare Valley to the town of Clare where we stopped to get some coffee's and snacks for the journey, then it was on to Wilmington where we stopped in a park for an early lunch break. In the afternoon we drove on to Warren Gorge where we stopped at Dutchmans stern to complete a 8km walk to the top of the mountain. We soon learned there were a few varying walking abilities amongst the group as the journey to the top took ... read more

Bénéficiant d’un peu de « temps bonus » après notre programme de base, nous avons décidé de nous lancer une dernière fois sur les routes de la fameuse « Aussie », tellement plaisantes pour conduire, et avons ainsi décidé de faire notre dernière escapade plus au nord d’Adelaïde. En effet, après cette étape, l’aventure australienne va prendre fin. Nous allons petit à petit revenir sur nos pas (Adelaide puis Sydney) pour repartir depuis Sydney le mardi 7 juin. Nous partons donc pour 2 destinations différentes : les Flinders Ranges, chaîne de montagne emblématique de l’Australie du sud et Broken Hill, ville de l’outback en Nouvelles Galles du sud. Le point commun des deux lieux : l’outback ! Ayant été profondément marqué par notre passage dans les terres centrales de l’Australie, dans le pur outback, nous avons ... read more

Hi Yall It’s now Sunday 13th March and we’re at Minlaton on the Yorke Peninsula. We had a great time in the Flinders Ranges, staying at Wilpena Pound campsite. We took a really exciting flight over the “Pound” in a light plane. It’s the only way to see the spectacular natural “Amphitheatre” formation of the mountains. The flight was a bit bumpy at times but well worth the terror!! After the flight, we went on a 4WD treck in the Prado along the Brachina Gorge riverbed. Fortunately it didn’t have much water in it at the time but it was a good test for the Prado. The massive River Red Gums and huge wash-outs along the gorge were awesome. On another day, we did a guided half -day 4WD tour, with four people from Adelaide, in ... read more

Day 244 - Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges Merry Christmas! Oh sorry, that was yesterday. Happy Boxing Day! It will be such a shame when all the tinsel has to come down from the caravan, it looks all sparkly and lovely at the moment - we love the Christmas look. With rucksacks on backs and hiking boots on feet we set off early this morning to tackle the 21.4km hike to St Mary Peak and Wilpena Pound. By 6.45am we signed ourselves in at the walking trail head and then set off. It was a beautifully clear morning, the sky was already blue and you could just tell it was going to be a glorious day. As many Victorians head into the MCG to watch the Boxing Day test match we begin a Boxing Day test of ... read more

Day 242 - Louth Bay to Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges A huge Happy Birthday wish goes out to our beautiful sister-in-law Deb who is celebrating today, hope you have a great day as the Birthday Girl Deb. And a great freqing birthday wish to Mikey of Freq Racing, hoping that one day we'll be lucky enough to race on our birthdays heh Mikey!! Have a great day mate. Before we’d hit the sack last night we chatted to one of our camping neighbours who had been out for a walk with his dog. Beautiful French Bulldog, gorgeous and loved a bit of a fuss - don’t we all! They’re quite gruff looking dogs so we were a bit surprised, but totally delighted to hear his name is Syrup! I know how sweet is that?! Ha ha! ... read more