FLINDERS RANGES

There is only one photo with this blog because, although I am typing it as we sit in our deeply secluded camp site in the foothills of the Flinders ranges at Argadells Bush retreat in South Australia, there is no phone reception so I can’t get internet.

I am hoping to upload this blog tomorrow when we attack the bush tracks on the property to get to the top of Mt. Arden where the views are apparently spectacular and phone reception is available but I won’t want to hang around there while I download multiple photos.

We intend to stay here two or three nights and check out the southern Flinders Ranges. We have explored the northern Flinders ranges on two previous occasions but have not previously been this far south.

Our poor caravan faced a few challenges on the internal tracks to get to our camp site but it made it in so I am fairly confident it will make it out. As I said to the lady at the homestead, it has some off road capacity but I didn’t appreciate that the tracks to the camp sites would be as exciting as they are.

We spent a leisurely morning exploring more of the Menindee lakes. There is an incredible amount of water trapped by the lakes and all of it comes down the Darling. Hopefully enough is being released from the lakes to keep the river healthy downstream.

Obviously we spent the rest of the day in the car to get here. The cruise control got a serious work out and again, we successfully managed to avoid the goats, emus and, to a lesser extent, kangaroos, which like to frequent the roadside.

Our only disappointment of the day was the necessity to throw out some fruit. There is a fruit fly exclusion zone that we are now in and the trip planner and the providor didn’t quite compare notes but we have done our bit for the exclusion of fruit fly from south western NSW and SA.

I’m not sure when I will get to post the next blog but watch this space.

Michael

P.S. Given that you are reading this, we obviously got to the top of Mt. Arden - very steep tracks but spectacular views as anticipated.