Stop and Explore Orroroo
Submitted: Saturday, Nov 21, 2015 at 09:17
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Member - Stephen L (Clare SA)
Good Morning Everyone
The other week on our local Regional TV, there was a small news segment regarding the opening of a new
Goyders Line Memorial near
Orroroo, in the mid north of South Australia to commemorate 150 years since the then States Surveyor General set off on horse back and rode more than 3200 kilometres to map reliable farming and grazing land for then then new state of South Australia, that was only 30 years old.
The new memorial is only 5 kilometres out of
Orroroo on the Pekina road and
well worth the small detour to visit, with a couple of other interesting
places to see out there.
I have added the new Points of Interest into the
Places section, so next time you are passing through
Orroroo, stop and explore this quaint little town.
Cheers
Stephen
Orroroo is very proud of its Farming history
Orroroo from Tank Hill Lookout
There are some interesting Detours before the new Goyders Line Memorial
One of the new Goyders plaques, unveiled by some of Goyders descendants
Goyder travelled more than 3200 kilometres of horseback in 1865
The new Goyders Memorial opened on the 6th November 2015 - to commemorate 150 years of the Goyder Line of Rainfall