Arrived back this afternoon after 5 glorious days of camping and driving in the
North Flinders Ranges. Spent the first night at
Bunyeroo Gorge in the NP where a friendlt wallaby came to beg for food. The following day we tackled the
Artimore Track. Slow going in High Range. White cypress pine forests. Met up with a mob from
Mildura in 5 4bies. Used my Oziexplorer and GPS to pinpoint track off into Patawarta Gap. Here the serious chassis twisting and wheel lifting stuff started but the old G60 handled it
well even with the trailer tagging along. Was down to first lowlow up a rather steep
hill. Backtracked to find a good campspot for the night. Next day we had a reasonably easy run through the very picturesque Hannigans Gap and past
Moolooloo Station to Nuccaleena
Mine. Then back to
Parachilna Gorge,
Beltana, past
Sliding Rock Mine to
Warraweena Station which is a private conservation park. Very friendly people at the station and we paid our dues and camped out under the stars again. A cute fox raided our rubbish bag during the night, scattering its contents. The next day we dropped the trailer and headed for Mt Hack. Mainly High Range and slow going. Picked up the trailer on the way back to the
homestead and saw what looked like a
lookout point. Just got to the top to find the way down too steep. Decided to go back the way we came up with the trailer. A 6 point turn. Dropped the trailer off at the
homestead and armed with a key for a
locked gate set off on a serious 4x4 track. Driving up creeks with rockledges like stairs, wheel lifting stuff through washed out gullies up slopes in second low, squeezing past Red River gums and down a series of spurs where a wrong move could see you end up in the gully quite some 100 metres below. Spectacular country.
Warraweena Station provides good campsites, excellent long-drops at each
campsite and hot showers at the
homestead. And wood for campfires is no problem. There is plenty of it. There are more tracks to explore at
Warraweena but we left some for next time. Drove back today and dropped in at Jeff Morgans Panorama
Art Gallery at
Hawker. This is a new venture and is a must to see. The artwork is magnificent showing a 360 degree vista from St Mary's Peak. All together we saw 7 vehicles on the bush tracks and camped on our own every night under the
Southern Cross. Top stuff!!
Check out the PAR's ( Public Acces Road ) using Google. There is a map you can download as
well.