Flinders Ranges - Day Trip 1

Roughing it out in the bush!

We stayed in the Flinders Ranges National Park for 4 nights at Trezona Camp-site. Great Camp-site with 14 private and spread-out camping areas along the dry Brachina Creek River bed. For most of the time we shared the area with only 1-2 other campers and these were in the distance. Creek was dry at the time we stayed but you  could see evidence of some  raging  flood waters from previous storms.

Not bad for an old girl with a new hip!

While we were in the Park we did two extended day trips to take in the sights and get a feel for the “ranges”. Trip 1 took in the West and central areas of the park. Brachina Gorge (not far from where we camped )is a great drive – for most of the time the rough track follows the creek bed so you’re always looking up at the mountains above.

Old Rocker in Brachina Gorge

We saw a couple of the much endangered yellow foot wallaby but by the time I got my camera out they had scooted away.

As we headed out of the park to head down to the southern entrance we came up to a stopped car where an old couple were trying to flag us down. Turned out the elderly drive was looking out the window and whilst trying to swipe a fly flicked off his only pair of glasses onto the road. Lucky for him we spotted them (unbroken) as we drove past.

Where the hell is the boat ramp?

We stopped in at Wilpena Pound brought a coffee and left – a really over commercialised tourist spot. Can't get to the "Pound" unless you stay at the resort or take shuttle bus and do the 2 hour walk at the other end – didn't suit us with Linda still recuperating from her hip replacement.

Bunyeroo Gorge - wow!

Drove through the Bunyeroo Gorge on the way back to camp – some more spectacular scenery via heavily corrugated road. Our SATNAV was telling us to go this was to our camp as we came in – glad we ignored it as it would have been hard on our van.

The view from the top

Saw a lot of wild life on our day out – the elusive yellow foot wallaby, large numbers of emu’s, euro’s, grey and red Kangaroos, a few Wedge-tail Eagles and the usual gangs of crows dining in the road kill.

Great day out – 168 klm over 6 hours.