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Walker's Travels in Scandinavia 2017 and others
Day 13 Mon 23 May 16, Flinders Ranges, 7 - 20 deg, fine and sunny. Not as cold here as it was on the "plains". Up early and after a nice hot brekky and a cuppa or two we set off on our first walk in the Flinders; Mt Ohlssen Bagge, which was listed in the "Hard Hike" category. "Peak at 941m, steep rocky inclines followed by rewarding views". Wendy was really looking forward to it?!@$. The spiel said allow 4 hours, but we took 3 hours without rushing so we were happy with that. Great steady climb with little pinches of steeper sections every now and again; 7.5km total. We knew we'd done it but it wasn't that hard. After some lunch we got on the bikes to shake out the muscles after the walk. Checked out the Solar Farm, Airfield and the old Wilpena Homestead. Saw stacks of roos and more emus than we'd seen anywhere. But the cool afternoon air soon drove us back to the van; 14.2km. Had an afternoon visit from Sue & Terry, friends of the Beswicks from Zimbabwe. Nice to catch up with their news of family and travels. Snags and veggies for dinner and an early night after a fairly active day.
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