Trip to the Flinders Ranges

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Trip to the Flinders Ranges

Postby whitefang » Mon 30 Jun, 2014 11:21 pm

Last week I went for a short 3 day trip up to my Grandpa's block in the Flinders Ranges. Most of the time was spent lazing around as well as adding a window into my Grandpa's cabin (it doesn't feel like you're sitting in a cellar now :lol: ), but fortunately I was able to make a trip up to Flinders Ranges National Park one of the days and do the St. Mary's Peak Hike. I didn't see the point in risking the summit attempt because it was too cloudy and wet, but it was still a fun stroll. Here's a few photos from the trip.
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Descending Tanderra Saddle
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Strolling through Wilpena Pound
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Rain's a comin'
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Homemade wood stove in the cabin
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Wilson in ruins
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Re: Trip to the Flinders Ranges

Postby Maelgwn » Tue 01 Jul, 2014 2:01 am

Looks like a nice fireplace! Its fun going to the Flinders in wet/foggy conditions - it seems so unexpected and different from the usual sunshine :)
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Re: Trip to the Flinders Ranges

Postby whitefang » Tue 01 Jul, 2014 11:42 am

The stove works a treat! Keeps you really warm and is quite good to cook on too. That's the first time I have experienced the wet and fog up there. I visited almost exactly a year ago and it was 30 degrees during the day.
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Re: Trip to the Flinders Ranges

Postby north-north-west » Tue 01 Jul, 2014 2:31 pm

Maelgwn wrote:Its fun going to the Flinders in wet/foggy conditions...

Phurt! My first three trips into the Flinders/Gammons coincided with freak summer storms and flood conditions. Half the roads closed, the Pound track washed away, two thirds of the campground closed . . .
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
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