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After several wilderness trips to outback South Australia, Laurie McArthur writes of the preparation necessary to venture, alone, into an environment that will kill you, just for being there, if you don't look out. Traveling on an ATV (quadbike or four wheel motorbike), Laurie has traveled hundreds of kilometres around the Arid Region, west of Lake Torrens, in South Australia, camping and photogra

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11. Gawler Ranges With magnificent ranges and vegetation, there is so much to see and do here. The national park is located approximately six hours drive north west from Adelaide. There are a number of incredible bushwalks to enjoy the wilderness known for its wildflowers and salt lakes. Lake Gairder is one of the most visited, with rare vegetation full of colour, so make sure you bring your camera. Pildappa Rock and Mount Wudinna are also well known attractions located on the tourist trail. Stay for a few days in one of the beautiful camping grounds, or nearby at Minnipa. 12. Adelaide Hills This is often an artists retreat, with the rolling hills and peaceful country life a nice change from the fast pace of the city. Less than half an hour away, you can visit Lobethal, which offers great

Australia is a huge island, which lives its own life. And even though the country has changed in the course of the last 200 years, one thing that is still the same is the beauty of its nature and the kindness of people living here.South Australia is the state located in the south of the continent. There are only about 1,5 million people living in the state, and the reason for this is its dry climate and inclement nature. Its history is also different from that of the other states, since South Australia was founded as a colony for the best of the British society, entirely free settlers. Two thirds of local inhabitants live in Adelaide – the state capital.Adelaide is an exceptionally charming city, located on the coast. What the city is remarkable for is its lay-out: the centre is built-up

Adelaide - South Australia: Accommodation, Attractions and so much more Adelaide the capital of South Australia is a relaxed and cosmopolitan city of around 1.2 million people and is the political, social and economic centre of South Australia. Founded in 1836, Adelaide has many attractive boulevards, parklands and is home to some of Australia’s best historic buildings. Adelaide has a lively

Pend five days touring in and around Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast for an experience you’ll never forget as Mount Gambier is home to the world famous Blue Lake. You can opt for a self-drive tour or get into a 4WD with Just Cruisin 4WD Tours and take a trip to see the Blue Lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. The company offers a variety of packages includes travelling via the Coonawarra wine region in the Limestone Coast where you can sample local wines en route and visit the Naracoorte Caves World Heritage area.

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Click for 1.18MB imageTo finish this trip off I thought a panorama view of our last stop would be the way to go, which was Ranges View Rest Area, 62 kilometres NW of Port Augusta in South Australia. For those on dial-up please be aware this is a large file.I do hope this image gives you an idea of the expanse of the landscape because so often a single photo will not do this. I did not use any automatic panorama software when stitching three photos together for this image because I just could not get the desired results that I was after. Instead time was spent with layers using Photoshop to get the best results.I had mention in past posts of this trip that my brother and his wife also participated. In fact the original idea to make this trip was my brothers who also has a photo blog with photos of this same trip here. He kindly offered to be chauffeur with his own vehicle although I think I had him scratching his head where he was going to put our camping gear in the 4WD when he saw t

Thank your for visiting the Travel Blog for Business. We appreciate your readership. As a token of appreciation, here's the link to your new hotel club.Lets head over to Adelaide, the capitol of South Australia. There are many hotels in Adelaide to choose from. Its the city where there is always something on. Adelaide is known for their Sunday Events at Festival Centre that includes arts, music, fun, and food.The Oaks Plaza Pier hotel is highly recommended by all Nautilus Marine Adlaide Boat Show lovers along with two other favorite Adelaide hotels.The people that come out to the boat show are eagerly ready to enjoy the beautiful beach front.The Oaks Embassy Hotel on the other hand is known to be among the Cheap Adelaide Hotels. Check out the picture we've posted here. Its a high rise thats surrounded by the city, beaches, and wine regions making it very convenient for business and leisure. It hosts most of Adelaide festival events.Adelaide is the fifth largest city in

Click for 426kb imageLake Hart is located approximately two hundred kilometres North West of Port Augusta, South Australia. I believe this would be a spectacular spot to take photos early in the morning or as the sun goes down.Click for 389kb imageIsland Lagoon is 153 kilometres North West of Port Augusta, South Australia. The island jutting out from the salt lake was without a doubt the focal point when lining up me camera.There will be one more post from this journey so please join me for that entry, as I close what was for me a very memorable trip down memory lane.Quick links:Free Subscription to SnapShots by Email technorati tags: landscape, Australia, images, free images, snapshots, photos, free photos, salt lake

Click for 666kb imageIf you have been following this Gawler Ranges trip you will then realise that this is our second camp for the two nights that this little traveling party made.After a long day on the road, an area was spotted to make camp not all that far off the main Kingoonya to Glendambo road. By the time we had our tents up and a fire going to cook our meal the night air was quickly cooling down.Click for 497kb imageThe landscape is truly beautiful in this area as the sun goes down with warm light streaking across the flat plains.Click for 498kb imageThe next morning as the sky awakens I can hear birds going about their business and cheering with chatter and song; a celebration of a new day for all living things.Yes a new day where this traveling party must break camp and move on and head down the road towards home but first there is more to see before this journey is completed. I do hope you come back to see what this day had on offer.Quick links:Free Subscription to SnapShot

Click for 502kb imageMy brother and his wife often talked about Whispering Wall so while waiting for our Patrol to have a snorkel fitted on our recent trip to Adelaide we were given a tour of this fascinating dam not all that far away from Gawler in South Australia.Click for 491kb imageWhat is so fascinating about this dam? Well it is the actual acoustic of sound that bounces off the curved wall. It is rather spooky when I experienced this when my brother and his wife went to one end of the wall and my husband and I the other end. Let me tell you, never talk badly of the other person because they will hear you as if on a loud speaker. Malcolm and I could hear the other party walking to the whispering platform like footsteps in a horror movie. At one point when we started talking to each other in booming voices I did wonder if it was a joke looking around for a speaker to amplify all these sounds we could hear. None to be found and no wonder it is called Whispering Wall because that is

Click for 455kb imageI don't know what this area is called with the sand dunes but it was a pleasant surprise when my eyes set upon them.Click for 413kb imageThe light once in awhile did streak across the dunes in patches although fleetingly.Click for 534kb imageThis image will give you a bit more perspective of the area. As you can see my brothers patrol is laden with all our camping gear, food and water for our two nights on the road. When traveling 'out bush' it is an idiot that would not take extra food and water in case there are circumstances where we are unable to return to civilization in a time frame that we ourselves had planned. Survival in the bush means taking extra supplies or you may perish and this also means making sure family and friends know when to expect you home and if that time frame passes they then can alert the authorities, so that a search can be put into action.There will be more snapshots of this trip later in the week. Tomorrow I will post something dif

Click for 478kb imageThere were numerous salt lakes on this camping trip. Some were small and others large. Several without water and fewer with water.Click for 371kb imageThis photo and the one below are the same lake. It was a lovely surprise to come across this water with us looking for a way to drive in off the main gravel road so that we could investigate the area closer at the same time take many photos. Spotting a track our little party was soon travelling deeper into the bush until we came to a clearing where evidence of a fire had been made in the past by campers that must have enjoyed this little oasis. The light with the first image wasn't going to be the best but all in all it didn't turn out bad either.Click for 498kb imageJust like being at the beach isn't it? It would have been a lovely spot to camp but we had to travel a few more kilometres yet before we set up our tents for our last night of this trip. I won't be posting for the next few days. Malcolm (hubby) and

Click for 414kb imageYesterday when our little touring party left the Southern Flinders Ranges we did wonder if we were doing the right thing with wet weather constantly cropping up in our path, especially around the Iron Knob area. Thankfully we pushed ahead down the road with weather improving as we headed further into the Gawler Ranges.Click for 470kb imageThe Bluebush (Pearl Bluebush Maireana sedifolia) has always been my favourite native shrub in the Australian bush. In a good season the Bluebush will grow to a hight of one metre.Click for 447kb imageWhen viewing buildings such as these out in the bush I can't help but wonder about the people that lived in these places and the yarns that they could tell. Maybe now it is only the spirits that can tell these stories of what must have been a very hard and difficult life.Quick links:Free Subscription to SnapShots by Email technorati tags: image, snapshots, free images, landscape, photos

Click for 432kb imageYou do need to click on these thumbnails to see some of the lovely colours in the shadows of the morning light.This first photo was taken as the cold air was hitting me after crawling out of my snug as a bug sleeping bag with a heavy dew covered over our tents. The sun wasn't even out of bed itself but it had the promise of wonderful light to come. In the background I could hear the wakening of birds twittering and snapping of timber for the fire as it was stoked up for our early breakfast.Click for 647kb imageWith the first rays of the morning light streaking across the landscape it was full on excitement trying to catch that magical moment in time.Click for 520kb imageBy this time the cold air against my skin was long forgotten while watching the warming light on such a beautiful morning making me wish we could stay a few more days in this area. An artist paradise!Quick links:Free Subscription to SnapShots by Email technorati tags: image, snapshots, free images

Click for 611kb imageIn the creek near the Siam Station homestead there are hops flowering. These are not native to Australia and only flower after good rains, which the area did have. As much as these hops are not native to my country they can put on a magical show in the Flinders Ranges although this does not happen very often due to lack of rain.Click for 623kb imageOf the two nights on this trip that my brother and his wife and Malcolm and I bush camped, this was our first night. Everybody instinctively found a job to do and it wasn't long before we had our tents up, chairs out and a fire going to cook our evening meal. You can see Malcolm surveying all our handy work or was that the cask of red wine he was looking for! Click for 431kb imageOur bellies were fed and watered by the time the sun was setting on our first night and it was hands on deck to grab a few snapshots as the sun was disappearing down beyond the horizon.If you didn't get an update of SnapShots in your RSS Read

Click for 503kb imageThis image of the Siam Station homestead has been taken from a rise in the landscape that was always referred to as the 'Little Hill'. After having children of my own I asked my mum did she ever worry about my siblings and myself traipsing for miles away from the homestead. In a matter of fact voice her reply was "No, you always came home!". It was in the later years that I also found out that mum used to watch us kids up in the hills through the scope of a gun. Just a little about the homestead:When my dad took on the job of overseer, we lived in the house on the far right.Second building from right is the mens quarters.Third building from right used to be the 'Siam Rural School'. The school was housed in the mens quarters until this building was ready but prior to all of this my mum taught correspondence lessons to me.Moving across to the left is a very large iron shed. This shed wasn't part of the station at the time I lived on Siam Station.Top of that v

Click for 539kb imageStill traveling on Siam Station, it was time for a morning cuppa and when out bush the best way to do this is start a fire and put the stainless steel kettle on, which my brother had packed for this trip. As you can see from the blackened kettle it has been used on a number of occasions in the past. We didn't have billy tea this trip as we all were wanting coffee. If you ever get the chance to try billy tea, do so because it is a very nice way to drink tea. I do cringe though after the tea leaves have been dropped in the boiling water and then the billy swung around at the end of an arm like a windmill gone crazy so that the solid matter drops to the bottom of the container. Never seen anyone burnt 'yet' so who needs a tea strainer when out bush!!! Click for 687kb imagebefore moving on from our morning break a few photos were taken. Even a piece of weather worn grey timber makes an interesting snapshot against the red earth along with some native vegetation for

Click for 363kb imageYesterdays post was about the inside of this shearing shed and now it is time to show you what the building and surrounding area is like.Click for 400kb imageIf you are wondering what the tall pole is used for at the right of the shearing shed, its purpose is to hoist bales of wool onto the back of trucks.Click for 396kb imageAccommodation and a cook is provided for the shearing and Rouseabout team. The 'smoko' is delivered to the shearing shed by the cooks 'helper' morning and afternoon. The team would return to the building on the right of this image for three meals per day. The building to the far left is the sleeping quarters for the workers. behind the kitchen and dining room (building on the right) there is an amenities block. The small shed to the front is the engine room for the power supply for all the buildings.Some of you may have heard of Henry Lawson. He wrote "The Boss's Boots"; which has a number of humorous verses about working in a shearing

Click for 468kb imageVisiting the Siam Station shearing shed brought some wonderful memories of my childhood back. I was disappointed though to find that the old shearing plant had been dismantled for a new one before I managed to get a snapshot of what it used to look like. The shearing boards were very silent but gee I do remember the hustle and bustle of people working and the sheep moving around in their yards as well as the diesel engine running the shearers plant along with many other sounds that happen during shearing, some of which consisted of swear words when things did not go right. Oh what memories!!! Click for 465 imageCan't have a shearing shed without the old cane basket.Click for 331kb imageWalking inside the sheep pens at the back of the shearing shed where there are many windows for ventilation; a picture framed says a thousand words of how good the scenery is when this recent trip was made down memory lane.Quick links:Free Subscription to SnapShots by Email techno

Click for 477kb imageThis catchment of water on Siam Station is known as Government Dam. During the summer it wasn't uncommon for us kids to swim in this dam with a blown up tyre tube to keep afloat and yes there was adult supervision around at the time. I still remember the slime on the edge of the dam squishing through my toes. I now cringe at the thought of that goo wondering what was in it. Click for 383kb imageThis little dam is what is called the 'Catch Hole' that feeds the water from the landscape into the main Government Dam. As you can imagine this water is the 'blood' for the station country because without it, the sheep and cattle will not survive and that includes a vast reduction in native and feral animals, as they will only have what nature provides them; which in this part of the country is minimal.Click for 419kb imageMoving on from from the previous catchment we come to what is called the Two Mile Dam. Don't worry my posts are not going to be all about dams but

Click for a 475kb imageOn Saturday my brother and his wife as well as Malcolm and myself headed off for a trip down memory lane in the Gawler Ranges where we spent quite a bit of our childhood growing up. Other members of the family also had worked in the Gawler Rangers in the past over many years.As you can see from these images the day was rather damp with rain often obscuring the far distances. This had us wondering if we should have been making this journey because this trip consisted of two nights of roughing it with tents in the bush not far from the road we traveled on.Click for a 461kb imageI have always had a great love of the colours in the bush and after good rains at an earlier time the area was looking lush and vibrant.Click for a 558kb imageThis catchment to the main dam near the homestead of Siam Station had memories flooding back of the times as a kid laying heshen bags at the edge of the dam to catch frogs and tadpoles.Strangely enough my siblings and myself never ev

Only $9.99 at my local grocery store and with some great reviews, I just had to try this wine.The Step Rd. 2005 Black Wing, South Australia, Chardonnay has a medium-light straw color with an ever so tiny hint of green in the glass. On the nose it shows ripe pear, citrus and pineapple. On the palate the pear shows up again with nice citrus and a hint of vanilla. The mouth feel is initially round with a slight buttery creaminess, that is washed away by the plentiful, fresh, mouth watering acidity. This is a medium bodied, to a certain extent ripe, but still "cooling", chardonnay with a really nice finish of lingering fruit and the acidity that holds it's grip until the very end.I really liked this wine and plan to get some more for summer entertaining.Find it at Wine-Searcher.com and WineZap.com from $9.99. This is a must try for the dollar spent!Vote for my blog here and help me reach top 10 on The Blog TopI am now in top 11!

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