When we’re on the road and I get the chance, I’ll do a quick sketch. At night while Woody is ‘sawing wood’ and all else is quiet, I’ll take the time to work from photos. Pics of the interesting buildings … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Sketches on the way to SA
Day 13 Friday 23/8/2024 Horsham to Melbourne, cloudy We set off very early as we want to get through the city at the best time. Crimson clouds are lightening the sky. I hope we haven’t woken the girls up. We … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Back to the big smoke
Day 12 Thursday 22/8/2024 Murray Bridge, SA to Horsham, Vic, clear 17.5 It’s a long straight and familiar road with light traffic. We have a few sprinkles of rain. We take a short break at the little highway town of … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – What a difference a day makes
Day 11 Wednesday 21/8/2024 Laura to Murray Bridge, overcast & cool We pull into the Laura servo to fill up and find ourselves with barely a cm to spare from hitting our water inlet… Phew, that was a tight one. … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Down the Riesling Trail
Day 10 Tuesday 20/8/2024 Quorn to Laura, clear blue skies 11 – 18 We wake to a bright breezy day and take the Horrocks Highway south through Wilmington. We cross Goyder’s Line* at Melrose and instantly it is greener and … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Tell Laura I Love Her
Day 9 Monday 19/8/2024 Quorn, overcast, storm threatening, 9 – 21 Walking around town to do a little shopping VeeWee and I detour along First St to try and find the Capowie Creek rail bridge that is noted on Google … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – At least the fish didn’t thaw
Day 8 Sunday 18/8/2024 Rawnsley Park to Quorn, 6 – 19 Damn, I think we’re leaving on the best day as the light from the morning sun is showing the ranges off. Further south we stop at Wilson ruins, a … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Ya wouldn’t wanna do a Wendy
Day 7 Saturday 17/8/2024 Rawnsley Park, 7-16 sprinkles with a sunny arvo After breakfast, I walk up to Kangaroo Lookout hoping to get a view of three ranges. I sit on an old fencepost and wait for VeeWee and the … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Wilpena Station ‘Pug n Pine’
Day 6 Friday 16/8/2024 Rawnsley Park, 9-16 cool windy The rain arrived as forecasted and we had a welcome 6mm overnight. Forgetting that we didn’t have the awning out, I left my shoes outside and they’ve had a thoroughly good … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Bunyeroo Where Are You?
Day 5 Thursday 15/8/2024 Peterborough to Rawnsley Park, 25 It was a quiet, dark night. Of course, it’s always dark when we aren’t hooked up to power and we don’t have the light of the two green dots on the … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Rawnsley Park
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