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Day 14 Tues 14 May 16, Flinders Ranges SA, 176km, 3 (feels like 1) 20deg, fine & sunny. Today we take to the car, awful!! Only because the distances are too great to cycle or walk. We want to see a large portion of the National Park. After a brisk (very close to frost this morning) walk to watch the sunrise and a quick brekky we ventured off northward towards Parachilna. We were soon on a gravel road which took us through some stunning gorges, dry creek beds and valleys. Bunyeroo, Brachina and Parachilna to name a few. The variety of the geological features was enormous and the upheaval of the earth that made these ranges must have been significant. Plenty of roos, emus and birds; yes and a very big feral cat. We wished we were armed. Parachilna was a one pub (that's about it) place as was Blinman, however it also had a store and a disused copper mine. Oh and really nice BIG beef pies! Wendy had to work so it was back to Wilpena. 176km round trip, about 80 on gravel. A LLD was followed by work for Wendy (need to keep Greg in the lifestyle etc) and a local walk for Greg. A very delightful evening was spent with Sue and Terry who were staying at Rawnsley Station, 30km towards Hawker. We hope to catch up again when we reach the West. The drive home along a roo infested road was very slow and a bit nerve racking as they tried hard to commit suicide on our bumper. We managed to make it back to the van without any harm to the truck or local wildlife.
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Gunther Some seriously nice scenery here.