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Binns Track - June/July 2022

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 5626

Fogg Dam - Natures Paradise

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 4850

Glendambo's 1 in 200 year Rainfall Event.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 2934

Flood damage on the Stuart Highway north of Port Augusta.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 4377

Glendambo Floodwaters brings new life to the Desert.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 4257

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: 5426

Flinders Range Silver Lead NL Mine

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 4791

Death Rock and Kanyaka Waterhole

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Many people visit the historic Kanyaka ruins situated between Quorn and Hawker, but how many visit Death Rock and the Kanyaka Waterhole? You

Created: 10 Aug 2021 10:14 Views: 6217

Horseshoe Top End - Flinders Ranges Little Gem

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

When we think of the Flinders Ranges, one would immediately think of places like Rawnsley Park, Wilpena Pound, Blinman or Arkaroola, but I bet most would never have heard of Horseshoe Top End....

Created: 11 Jul 2021 01:28 Views: 5852

Flinders Ranges Lime Kilns

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 4711

The Breakaways - Coober Pedy

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 5153

Eringa

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 4180

Tanami Track

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Linking Alice Springs in the Northern territory with Halls Creek in Western Australia, the iconic Tanami Track stretches for around 1050 kilometres, with more than 800 of that being dirt....

Created: 06 May 2021 10:21 Views: 6862

Murray River Locks, Weirs and Barrages

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

The Murray - Darling catchment area in Australia covers the Murray and Darling Rivers systems and all their tributaries that extends from Queensland,...

Created: 27 Mar 2021 15:51 Views: 7494

The Old Coach Road - Chowilla Game Reserve

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 4817

Charles Todd Obelisk - Renmark

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 5671

Scab Inspectors House - Lake Littra

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 4888

Kearnan Historic Munitions Bunkers Terowie.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

A few months ago I undertook what I thought would be a straight forward history research into WW11 munition storage bunkers in Terowie with the help of my great friend Dean....

Created: 11 Feb 2021 20:38 Views: 6605

Waukaringa Goldfields - Outback South Australia

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

In early 1873 James Watson discovered gold in the hills north of Yunta, but this new discovery did not cause too much attention, as the economy at that time in South Australia was healthy and ...

Created: 09 Feb 2021 16:46 Views: 8963

Argo Barge and its history - Another special South Australian icon.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Born in Sweden, John George Arnold ran away to sea at the age of only 13 it was here that he learnt his trade. Migrating to Australia,...

Created: 05 Feb 2021 04:50 Views: 6144

The Peake Repeater Station and Mining ruins.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 5183

Coward Springs - A true oasis in the desert.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 5386

Abminga Railway Siding

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 6624

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

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 5501

What invades your garden?

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

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: 3856

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