From the category archives:

South Australia

Anna Creek Painted Desert Scenic Flight Near Lake Eyre (Review)

I took a scenic flight over the Anna Creek Painted Desert (aka Painted Hills) during my Adelaide to Darwin Trans-Australia Road Trip through the arid desert which dominates central Australia near Lake Eyre
These spectacular painted hills are located within the confines of the Woomera rocket range within an hours flight from William Creek (population 10) [...]

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Colder Than You Expect: Sleeping in a Swag in the Australian Outback Desert

One of my friends who has recently moved to Australia from Britain was wondering why I had a -10C° rated sleeping bag in Australia, she said there’s “something wrong with that picture…”
She had made a common mistake in not realising that in the desert, night time temperatures can be cold at any time of [...]

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Farina: Ruined Ghost Town – Oodnadatta Track, South Australia

28 km north of Lyndhurst is the ghost town of Farina, now nothing more than a fascinating collection of ruins with the surrounding countryside littered with old drays, wheels and rusting pieces of equipment.

It is strange, while wandering around the ruins, to think that people once made their homes here and hoped to grow [...]

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Lyndhurst Talc Alf Carvings – Oodnadatta Track

Talc Alf – Lyndhurst – Talc carvings
Driving north from the Flinders Ranges towards Coober Pedy on the Oodnadatta Track you’ll come across the small town of Lyndhurst at the crossroads of the Strzelecki Track and see a sign directing you to “Talc Alf” located a few kilometres out of Lyndhurst on the Innaminka Road.
Talc [...]

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Ochre Cliffs – Oodnadatta Track – South Australian Outback

Five kilometres north of Lyndhurst on the Oodnadatta Track in the South Australian Outback you’ll see a tyre beside the road with the words ‘Ochre Cliffs’ crudely written on it.
Follow the side-road for a few kilometres and you’ll suddenly see an open ochre quarry containing spectacular red, brown and white ochre cliffs (an exposure of [...]

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Aerial view of the Oodnadatta Track – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of an Aerial view of the Oodnadatta Track
In mid-2007 I went on a holiday crossing Australia South to North from Adelaide to Darwin by road, along the way I did a Scenic Flight over the Anna Creek Painted Desert where I got this great photo of an [...]

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Adelaide Tourist and Backpacker Guide: Transport, Sight Seeing, Food, Accommodation

I have twice spent a few days in Adelaide as a stopover on backpacking holidays. I hope this overview of my time there will be of use to you if you ever decide to spend a few days there yourself.

Accommodation
I stayed at the Adelaide Central YHA Backpackers Hostel
Transport
Adelaides CBD (city centre) is compact and [...]

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Adelaide Central YHA Backpackers Hostel (Review)

This is a review of the Adelaide Central YHA Backpackers Hostel which I stayed at over the Queens Birthday long weekend.

I was already familiar with the facilities at [...]

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Catch the Jetbus from Adelaide Airport to the City (Review)

The cheapest way to get from Adelaide Airport to the Adelaide CBD or various suburbs such as Greenwith, Tea Tree Plaza or Golden Grove Village is to catch [...]

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Adelaide to Darwin Backpacking Road Trip Overview

I’ve just returned from a backpacker holiday road trip from Adelaide to Darwin which would easily have covered 4500-5000 kilometres mostly on the Stuart Highway including several side trips like going to Uluru (Ayers Rock) and drives on unsealed and bush roads like the Oodnadatta Track.
Over time I’ll start publishing a selection of the best [...]

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A tale about Australias Overland Telegraph

When this pre-written article is published I’ll in the middle of a one month holiday on the road travelling from Adelaide to Darwin. Along the way to some extent I will have followed the route taken by an explorer that many Australians have probably not heard of: John McDouall Stuart.

In the early 19th. Century Northern [...]

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