Sunset over Plane Henge, Oodnadatta Track

We spent that night at Leigh Creek in a very respectable rest area. The boys caught two geckos- the first we'd seen - and promptly lost one in the car. The next day was spent driving on our first stretch of dirt- 110 kms to Maree. No probs here so onward to the much dreaded ( on my part) Oodanatta Track. 200 odd kms of stony off road track with a caravan that was blatantly not designed for such adventures? Foolish one might think. I will avert the suspense b...

We left the Flinders Ranges on Wednesday via Brachnia and parachilna gorges. Brachnia particularly was stunning and ancient- around 650 million years old. We were able to drive through the base of the gorge between the towering sunset hued walls. It had an extraordinary atmosphere, the experiences of the aeons saturating the air. We were very lucky to see a yellow footed rock wallaby as well- these marsupials tend to stay in the one territory unlike the kanga...

We left the viticultural delights of the Clare valley reluctantly behind and travelled on towards the Flinders Ranges National Park. Our stop for the night was at Melrose Showgrounds, which was a massive grassy park covered in trees. It sat right under Mount Remarkable which was well named and also the first mountain of the Flinders Ranges. We lit a fire and enjoyed a classic SA windless, starry evening, sipping our Rose. We moseyed on the next day, pausing t...

The first vineyard in the Clare Valley was planted in the late 1800's by a collection of Jesuit Monks who built the truly wonderful St Aloysius Church at Sevenhill, in what would have been the middle of a fairly deserted and pristine valley back in those days. The tradition of growing grapes for what was initially sacramental wine only, has flourished in the valley and surrounding area and has resulted in world class Reisling particuarly. There is a fantastic b...