Tag: landscape
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Acacia Ridge + yellowcake
Tuesday July 26th was our last full day of walking in the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park. The plan was to make an early start, walk Acacia Ridge, have morning coffee at Arkaroola Village, walk back to the car along the Arkaroola Rd, have lunch amongst the river gums in the creek bed of Kingsmill Creek, then…
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Mt Warren Hastings
The first day we decided to do the Oppaminda-Nudlamutana trail as it started near the Nudlamutana Hut where we were staying for the week. We decided to walk this trail to Mt Warren Hastings where we would have our lunch, and then return to the hut. We chose to do a linear walk along a…
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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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leaving Lake Frome
The morning (1/6/21) of our short walk away from Lake Frome to our pick up point for the return to Blinman was heavily overcast. We could see rain in the northern Flinders Ranges. Lake Frome at the south eastern end of the Lake Eyre Basin to be an intersection point between the winter rains from…
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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…
The Long Road to the North 