Maralinga Mystery Tour 2013

Hi Robin

Great to hear you made it to the Geo-Centre. You will have to head up to Maralinga, there is so much to see up there.


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Mike

It was a fantastic trip. Della had to be Air lifted to Adelaide by the RFDS and is now back home in Ceduna.

Cheers


Stephen

Hi John

You will be in for a fantastic trip. You will find Robin a walking encylopdia and what he does not know, would not be worth knowing at all.

Give Robin my Best Regards


Cheers


Stephen

Hi John and Suze

You're off again are you; gee you're giving the old eighty a real work over this year.

Stay safe mate stay safe.

cheers

Hi Phil

We had a great time and I know that you would have had a great time. We would have seen even more if Aboriginal Business was not going on.

Those tracks will bet here for the next time....


Cheers



Stephen

---and 425,000km of those would have been orf road touring desert/high country/anywhere and having a bluddy good time..

ohwotafeeling!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MJ

Hi Rotor

A question for you first please.......how are the Sturt Desert Pea looking up your way this year, and are there any special coloured ones out? When we headed to Maralinga via the side way through Commonwealth Hill Station, we missed the White Desert Pea by 2 weeks. When I contacted Ben from Mobella to thank him for letting us go through, he was telling me about how we were too early for the Sturt Desert Pea..

Now to answer your question, here are the GPS Co-Ordinates for the Old Stamping Battery at Glenloth. They were recorded in WGS 84..

S31 06 40.7520 E135 07 48.5760

The Old Battery is on the edge of Lake Harris and the Mine started around 1905.








Also of interest, there are lots of other mine sites at Glenloth, and this site was owned by a chap from Roxby.



When he died, a memorial was erected on the above state that he owned at this location....

S31 06 18.7920 E135 05 28.8600

There are also a number of interesting items around the area.






I hope this helps you out and looking forward to what you have to say about the Sturt Desert Pea


Cheers



Stephen

Haven't seen many desert peas at all so far only one small patch on the side of the road into site. Was also looking from the air the other day for larger patches to no avail. There is plenty of fried egg daisies everywhere along with the red ones (don't know the name of them) that are in your last picture of the mine shaft.

I read the other day in the local rag that there are big patches in town in peoples yards that they have propagated themselves. If you are up this way the most reliable area that I have found for them is yellow rock which is a couple of k's before the first turn off into Roxby on the Woomera rd. It's marked by a couple of painted rocks on the side of the road. Just keep an ear out for bikes as there is quite a few tracks through there.

I forgot to thankyou for the gps locations, might have a wander out there over oct long weekend.

Thankyou again

Leon

Thanks Leon

Also if you need a mud map of how to find the area ( very easy from Kingoonya ) drop into the pub, and they will point you in the right direction.


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Michael

It was a great 3 weeks for sure, and the outback was as good as it gets.

As for those tracks that we missed........they are on my return visit list.


Cheers



Stephen

Hi Setsujoku

It is a great place and there are endless places where you could place new geocaches


You will not regret making the effort to visit the area.


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Bushy

It is a great place and area to visit and the place would not be the same if Robin was not there. He alone brings life to the area and all the history of the area.

Cheers


Stephen

Hi John

It will be another big blog with megga photos. It may be a little time before it is up....I have to write it first...lol


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Alan

Did I hear you say new tracks.....you should see the map that Robin gave us....there are dozens of tracks out there that very few people know about.

Get on the good side of Robin and the opportunities are endless. How many people get hold of the front security gate key...very few indeed...likewise the sign we put on the front gate while we had the place to ourselves.....cleaning...lol


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Prado 01

You are only talking just over a month, and the way things were looking, I would say yes. There were many types of Wildflowers that were full of new buds, but not out in flower.

Enjoy your trip.

Cheers

Stephen

We've been out that way most years and october is usually better than August for flowers.
2004 (like this year) was a particularly good year and the following photos were taken in October 2004:


and one for Stephen :-)

Hi Phil

Those are so typical of what it should be like for sure. Any time is great out in the Great Victoria, but to see it in full bloom makes it even better.

Thanks for sharing those great images.


Also Prado 01, I would suggest you get in contact with Robin at Maralinga. The Emu Road is now open and Robin could meet you at Emu and escort you down to Maralinga where you get to see even more great country that has been closed to the Public for a very long time.


Cheers



Stephen

Open and I presume by permit.....and Robins contact number is ?
Cheers

Hi Prado 01

Yes all the areas that we visited require permits. Deal direct with Robin up at Maralinga and his phone number is....

08-8670 4089

Robin is a hard man to catch, but leave a message and he will get back to you. If you would like to email an enquiry to him, his email address is
robin.matthews@y7mail.com


It is well worth the visit, and mention that you heard about it from ExplorOz


Cheers


Stephen