Quorn, SA
Star Rating:★★★★
★=Full Star☆=Half a Star
On the way the Quorn we stopped at Whyalla where we had breakfast. We also walked out onto the jetty and saw a dolphin. The dolphin was so cute, it was doing heaps of 'tricks' to impress us and get free fish from the fishermen!
In Quorn we set up before going to have a look around the town, first we went to all the historical buildings. There was heaps of amazing architecture on some of the old houses (one of them looked like a castle) and my favourite building was the old train station. That night we went to watch a projection on a silo in the middle of town. All the short movies that were shown were about the local area and they were all made by members of the community.
The next morning we went for a quick walk around the bush foods garden (there was even some Sturt Desert Peas) before moving on to Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges NP.
The super cute dolphin on the Whyalla jetty.👇
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| The old Quorn train station. |
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| The projection on the silo. |
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| The Sturt Desert Peas in the bush foods garden. |
Wilpena Pound, SA
Star Rating:★★★★☆
★=Full Star☆=Half a Star
At Wilpena Pound we:
- Went for a swim in the pool but as there was lots of bees we didn't stay long!
- Waited till it had cooled off a bit before going on the Boom or Bust walk. Out here the are Boom years, which are years when it rains a lot (and sometimes floods) and makes everything thrive, from the animals to the plants. Bust years are when there is a drought and all the animal and plant populations decline-you certainly have to be tough out here, especially if you are an animal (or plant)!
- Went for another walk early in the morning, it was up to a lookout (Wangarra lookout) and the historic Hills Homestead. Hills Homestead belonged to the Hill family who owned the farm from 1899- 1914. Lots of flooding meant that they had to cut their losses and leave. The homestead was cool to look at but it was tiny!!!!! There wouldn't have been more that 3-4 (small) rooms in it. Afterwards we went to the lookout, there was a great view.
- Walked to see some indigenes rock art (called Arkaroo rock). The shade from the rock the art was under was a welcome relief after a hot and dusty walk. The art itself was amazing.
- Climbed Mt Ohlssen Bagge the morning we left. We started walking at 6:20am and made it to the top by 8:00, it was really cold when we were up the top!! The mountain was 941 meters above sea level so there was an excellent view.
Wilpena Pound was great!
On the way to Wilpena Pound we stopped at some ruins of an old homestead, they were really cool.👇
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There were some really cool trees on the walk to Wangarra lookout, in the second photo you can see Hills Homestead in the background.👇 |
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| On the walk there was a really cool old tree trunk that had been half burnt. |
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| Walking up the rocks to the lookout. The view from the lookout.👇 |
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| Looking at the view. |
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| On the walk back from Wangarra lookout we saw an old tree trunk that looked like a pair of giant hands, digging. |
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| On the Arkaroo rock walk we saw lots of wild goats. |
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| There was a really cool rock on the Arkaroo rock walk. The Arkaroo Indigenous rock art.👇 |
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| Watching the sunset up at the Stokes Hill lookout, it was REALLY windy. The sunset from the lookout.👇 |
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| The sunrise from Mt Ohlssen Bagge. The view from on top of Mt OB (Ohlssen Bagge).👇 |
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| Walking down the mountain. |
Flinders Ranges National Park, SA
Star Rating:★★★★
★=Full Star☆=Half a Star
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| We saw two Euros (Euros are a sort of kangaroo/wallaby native to Flinders Ranges) when we went exploring. Watching the sunset up on the mountain.👇 |
Day Three
On our third day we moved to a different campground, when we got there we went on a hike straight away. It started off as just a 4 km round trip before we realised that it was 4 km EACH way. But by the time we made it to the top we realised that the view was worth it. On the way back we decided to kill two birds with one stone and go on another walk that started about 3km off the way along the first track (around 1 km from the lookout that we were just at). The new track was much nicer and there was a lot more shade (though I still felt like I had just been for a dip in a pool full of sweat!) On the way we saw the ruins of a old hut and we also walked through a big, dry gorge. By the time we got back we had run out of water and we were starving-we had ended up walking for 12 km in the hottest part of the day. That afternoon we just chilled back at camp.
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| Walking up to the lookout. |
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| The big gorge that we walked through on the 12 km hike. |
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| Eating dinner whilst watching the sunset. |
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Day Four
On our last day in the Flinders Ranges we moved to another nice spot, this one had a bit of a swimming hole. As I was sick with a cold, I mostly just sat in the shade and worked on my macramé dreamcatcher. I also watched the amazing yellow footed rock wallabies. The wallabies were incredible-they were small but they could jump up sheer cliff faces up to two metres high!! There was also a wallaby with its (super cute) baby, it was really cool to watch the baby follow its mum, the baby could nearly jump as high as its mum!! Even though I was sick I still went for a swim. That night we watched the sunset. The next morning we got up to watch the sunrise, there were some beautiful colours and the mountains were bright red! After we packed up and when into Hawker where we went to a café that had all different types of bushfood (foods that are native to the area) treats. We had a bit of morning tea, I got a chocolate and wattle seed tart and it was amazing!!
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| Jumping into one of the pools. |
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| One of the little pools of water that I swam in. |
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| One of the Yellow footed rock wallabies. The baby yellow footed rock wallaby.👇 |
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| Eating my tart at the café we went to the morning we left, we also shared a Quandong soda. |
Loving your posts and pictures Emilia xx
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