Blogs from Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

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

We have blown our accommodation budget here in Hawker, staying in the Big4 Caravan Park (Hawker Caravan Park), but have enjoyed the time of rest. The kids have been focused on their project and math books and enjoy dipping in the pool and playing in the playground (especially Cody, who is addicted to slides). We were unsure as to whether to tour the Flinders at the start of our trip or at the end, and figured that there is no time like the present. We were concerned that after seeing the wonders of the Alice and the Pilbara we would figure nothing else would compare and would skip it in favour of a quicker return home. We are so glad we decided to see this land now, as we have really enjoyed seeing it and spending ... read more

The time came for me to head off Friday afternoon not soon enough - I have been awaiting and saving for this trip for the past 6 weeks, having arranged it all in June one wet depressing Mt Gambier day! After a quick taxi ride to the airport, I flew out on the 12.45pm flight to Adelaide on REX, regional express airways. They hold a monolpoly at Mt Gambier, so it's REX or a long walk/ drive/ expensive bus ride from the big smoke. Adelaide airport was warm and dry, a stark cry from the forecast wet and windy given 30 minutes prior to landing by the pilot - surely they have first hand knowledge as to the clouds movements??!! I cleared luggage in 10 minutes and headed out to find the bus station into town. ... read more

Nou, het moet dan maar weer!! Kan het eigenlijk niet opbrengen omdat het waarschijnlijk weer een lang verhaal gaat worden, maar als ik het nu niet doe komt het er weer een week ofso niet van, dus vooruit dan maar. We waren dus gebleven bij de vlucht naar Adelaide. Eerst op Hobart ff bijkomen in de Qantas lounge... we moesten om kwart over 4 opstaan om de bus te halen voor de vlucht van 6 uur... te vroeg om te douche of eten, maar gelukkig komt dat vele vliegen van mij voor mijn werk toch van pas... de gold card geeft toegang tot de Qantas lounge, waar we in ieder geval een goede kop koffie en wat ontbijt konden nuttigen... erg prettig kan ikw el zeggen!! In Melbourne dan Jacq opgepikt, wat een erg fijn weerzien ... read more

22 May - after completing the Oodnadatta Track, we were back on the bitumen again - but not for long! After a night at Copley, where we washed a large load of dusty clothes and cleaned up the worst of the Oodna dust from the caravan, we headed onto another gravel road (about 130km) to Arkaroola in the northern Flinders Ranges. Arkaroola is an awe-inspiring place, it was an outback station until Reg and Griselda Sprigg purchased it in 1968 and turned it into a wilderness sanctuary. Reg was a world-renowned geologist and a leader in mineral exploration and oceanographic research and the property is one of Australia’s most ancient landscapes with granite rock dated at 1.6 billion years. We spent our first afternoon exploring some of the 4WD tracks set out for visitors to look ... read more