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Abminga Railway Siding

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Here is one for all the Railway buffs. Do you know where the most remote Railway Siding is located in South Australia ? Do you know it once played an import part as a staging point for a ...

Created: 01 Dec 2020 09:40 Views: 8555

Binns Track - June/July 2022

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Over the years we have travelled various sections of Binns Track, but never done it in its entirety, so with no set time frame, Fiona and I decided to do the full drive and finally get the drive ...

Created: 28 Feb 2023 11:52 Views: 8249

Charles Todd Obelisk - Renmark

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How many of you ever wonder when you cross our state borders just how come that location is the actual correct state border crossing....

Created: 09 Mar 2021 21:37 Views: 8184

Do you ever explore areas that are not on a tourist drives ?

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Right around Australia, there are many special places that are not generally know or publicised. The reason being, they are not promoted and it seems only locals in that area get to know about ...

Created: 28 Nov 2020 07:49 Views: 7596

Coward Springs - A true oasis in the desert.

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Coward Springs There were numerous early explorers around the Mound Springs area, but it was not until the 28th October 1858 that Coward Springs was finally discovered and named by Peter ...

Created: 06 Dec 2020 08:05 Views: 7594

Scab Inspectors House - Lake Littra

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In January 1838 Joseph Hawdon, together with Charles Bonney and nine other men left the Goulburn River in New South Wales with 340 head of cattle, spare horses,...

Created: 09 Mar 2021 17:32 Views: 7288

Flinders Ranges Lime Kilns

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The Flinders Ranges is well known for its rugged beauty, and the many old stone ruins that can be found all throughout the area....

Created: 04 Jul 2021 18:23 Views: 6971

The Peake Repeater Station and Mining ruins.

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For anyone that loves old ruins, mining history, old cemeteries and scenery, a drive east of the Oodnadatta Track is well worth the detour to visit the Peake Repeater Station and mining ruins....

Created: 30 Dec 2020 15:15 Views: 6954

Flinders Range Silver Lead NL Mine

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During our recent trip back to the Flinders Ranges, we were privileged to be given permission to visit the site of a former Silver & Lead Mine located in the Blinman area....

Created: 07 Sep 2021 15:06 Views: 6862

North Arkaba School and Church

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Around 10 kilometres north of Hawker on the main Wilpena Road, most peoples eyes are usually transfixed on the rugged beauty of the Flinders Ranges off in the distance,...

Created: 09 Sep 2021 13:13 Views: 6823

Fogg Dam - Natures Paradise

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Located around 70 kilometres from Darwin, the bitumen road gives year round access and for Fiona and I it was special as well, as the water lilies were in flower and it was a sight to see....

Created: 25 Sep 2022 18:39 Views: 6551

The Breakaways - Coober Pedy

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Located around 33 kilometres north of the world famous Opal mining town of Coober Pedy is another very special location that is recognised as another of South Australia’s Outback gems,...

Created: 03 Jun 2021 10:21 Views: 6539

Flood damage on the Stuart Highway north of Port Augusta.

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When remnants of ex Tropical Cyclone Tiffany struck many Outback locations across South Australia in late January 2022, some locations received hundreds of millimetres of rainfall that has ...

Created: 20 Feb 2022 16:21 Views: 6533

The Old Coach Road - Chowilla Game Reserve

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If there is one drive that is so special to us when we are in the Riverland, a drive we have done countless times over the years, it’s the Old Coach Road through the Chowilla Game Reserve,...

Created: 13 Mar 2021 15:32 Views: 6361

Glendambo Floodwaters brings new life to the Desert.

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In late January 2022, many locations across Outback South Australia received torrential rainfall as remnants of ex Tropical Cyclone Tiffany....

Created: 20 Feb 2022 15:52 Views: 5642

What invades your garden?

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One special lot of trees in our front and back gardens are the lovely English “Silver Birch “ trees. But unfortunately this time of the year is very bad for them when they are invaded by silent ...

Created: 20 Nov 2020 12:11 Views: 5626

Eringa

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When you think of Outback South Australia, most people would think of waterless and desert country that is not be suitable for human habitation.

Created: 27 May 2021 16:16 Views: 5421

Glendambo's 1 in 200 year Rainfall Event.

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One location that had received hundreds of millimetres of rainfall as fallout from ex Tropical Cyclone Tiffany in January 2022 was the small location of Glendambo on the Stuart Highway....

Created: 20 Feb 2022 17:17 Views: 3577

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