Adelaide to the Flinders Ranges

 

 

June 14th
On the move again today as we headed to Port Augusta via Clare and Wilmington.  Stopped in  at Reillys Winery at Mintaro to buy a drop or two of medicinal Port and very yummy Grenache Shiraz before driving onto the Old Bakery at Stone Hut for a pastie.  Then a pretty drive down through Melrose into Port Augusta to meet up with our friends Sue and Keith.  Set up camp in the caravan park for the night.

 

Outside Reillys at Mintaro

Stone Hut

 



Camped at Port Augusta beside Sue & Keith

June 15th
Sue and Keith's neighbour 'hawked' all night.  ('Hawking' is Mike's new word to describe the noise this guy was making and has become an in house joke).  In the morning we walked down to support the local fruit and vegie shop and watched the dolphins off the end of the jetty.  Then off to Woolworths and Autopro before driving out to Quorn.  Arrived in Quorn just as the steam train from Port Augusta came into town.  It was all happening in Quorn actually. 

Quorn Railway Station

 

A wedding and race day as well!!  After welcoming the train and eyeing off the 'interesting' fashions we did a historic buildings walk through the town and had a coffee at the cafe.  Then off to Warren Gorge where we did the 5.2 km walk to the top of the ridge and set up at the bush camp.

Warren Gorge walk

 

Putting our names in the visitors book at the top

 

Building our camp fire at Warren Gorge

 

Enjoying the results

Set up well away from the other campers which turned out to be a wise decision as there was quite a bit of revelling (not us, them) during the night.

June 16th
After packing up camp we headed for Hugh Proby's grave site, Buckaringa Lookout and then onto Simmonston, the town that never was.  Kanyaka waterhole and homestead was our next stop and the ruins of these historic buildings were really extensive and amazing.


Kanyaka Homestead Ruins

 

Kanyaka Woolshed Ruins

Then into the town of Hawker where we made lunch and wandered into the café for a coffee.  We walked to the Old Ghan railway station and up and down a few of the streets before Brian and Dianne Hall caught us up and we were a convoy of three!!  Then off to Wilpena Pound to set up camp in the Flinders Ranges National Park.

Blogging by the campfire with my head light!!