Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012 at 17:29
Mate, you wont be disappointed.
The walks around the place are awesome. We've been going there for years with our 3 kiddies (now 16, 14 and 7). The
Blinman Pools (
rock water holes) are beautiful when flowing (small waterfalls). The creek through
Parachilna Gorge usually has water in it this time of year and there are awesome climbs around the place from Mt Faulkland (allow 6-7 hours return) right through to some smaller ones I did when liitle miss 7 was only 1 and I had her in one of those back pack/kid carrier things.
The
Heysen Trail runs through
the gorge too.
Plan to do a sausage sizzle in
the Gorge and spend a day there letting the kids have a splash around and maybe even collect some tadpoles. The sunrises are spectacular and the sunsets will have the missus melting in your arms.
Glass's
Gorge which runs off the
Parachilna Gorge main drag has a few old
farm sites with some old relics along the way, and just a little further on is Nuccaleena (probably spelt wrong) which is an old copper smelting site..great for a fossick.
It's pretty laid back and doesn't have the fan fare that
Wilpena Pound has, but then again, it doesn't have Wilpena's cost either. We've stayed in both the cabins and the cottages. I'd recommend either (depends on your budget). But if low cost/lots of free activities is on your priority list...you wont go wrong. Lots to see and do all around that area.
Where are you based? I've got a great book I bought on this site that lists heaps of
places around there (
Flinders Ranges An Adventurer's Guide by Ron and Viv Moon). I'm in Paradise 5075...if you're nearby, I'll lend it to you. Flick me an email fabandsonja@hotmail.com
Fab.
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