Category: landscape
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at Hawker
Whilst we stayed at Hawker I drove out to the 5 Ways Corner and the Hookina Creek floodplain to see if there was public access to Lake Torrens. The Lake Torrens road only lead to a pastoral station.
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Acacia Ridge walk
The view on the climb to Acacia Ridge gave you a clear sense of both the folly of pastoralism in the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges and their sheer wildness.
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at Stokes Hill Lookout
As mentioned in an earlier post we stopped at Stokes Hill Lookout on our way to Hawker from Blinman the day after finishing the camel trek. The lookout offered a view of Wilpena Pound after the overnight rain. The deep past of the Flinders Ranges was historically defined as terra nullius: a land belonging to no…
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to Lake Frome
Finally, the day (31st May) that we would reach at Lake Frome dawned. The early morning light was stunning, whilst the colours of the plants on the 2 tree plain were overwhelming.
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Pastoral landscapes
On the morning of Day 8 (28/5 2021) we looked back at Mt Johns from our drop off camp next to a dry creek bed. We prepared to walk towards Mt Chambers and Chambers Gorge via the various creek beds and ridges. The plan was to arrive at Mt Chambers for lunch. The morning dawned…
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Benbibuta Creek
Day 6 (ie .26th May) was one of clear skies, a cool wind, and puffy clouds during the afternoon. The day temperature was around 18 degrees. This is pleasant walking weather in an arid country. We walked across a plain to the east of the Wirrealpa Range crossing the various creek beds that flowed into…
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co-existence
On Day 5 there was a sprinkle of rain in the early morning, during breakfast and as we packed the camels. A sprinkle that just settled the dust and it cleared as we left Wirrealpa Creek. We were still on Wirrealpa Station, and Ryan and Kym spent some time in the mid-morning looking for a…
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Camel Trek to Lake Frome: Day 2
It had been a warm night sleeping in the swag in the open air. Breakfast was around 6.30am in front of a fire. It was a cloudy morning and there was no wind. The aim of the 2nd day’s walk was to leave 2nd plain and reach 3rd plain, which also runs north south between…
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Mt Hopeless
Finally we made it to Mt Hopeless. It was just a morning walk across a gibber plain from the over night camp on the dusty clay plain. 12 days walking with the camels had come to an end. The snapshot below is looking south across the camel train to where we had walked. It is…
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Colonial expedition photographs: an absence
I have been going through books on early photography in South Australia looking for 19th century photographs of the northern Flinders Ranges and northern South Australia. I was expecting to find examples of colonial expedition photography,
The Long Road to the North 