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Van Trip 2007
Broken Hill to Peterborough
Days 13 to 14
298 kms Travelled
We left Broken Hill at 8:40am. Leo & Maureen left for Mildura at the same time. After travelling about 50 kilometres we crossed into South Australia at a little place called Cockburn.
Cockburn has a population of roughly 25. Back in 1892 the town had become sizable, the population was 2,000. It boasted two hotels, two general stores, three boarding houses, schools and churches. Seven trains regularly ran between Peterborough, Cockburn and Broken Hill.
After leaving Cockburn we drove through the towns of O'Lary, Mannahill and Yunta on our way to Peterborough.
Olary is a small settlement on the Barrier Highway in South Australia. It is situated near Olary Creek and is one of the easternmost settlements in South Australia.
This small settlement was established in the late 1880s to service the highway and the railway which pass through here. After the modernisation of transport which travelled between Adelaide and Broken Hill the village population declined. However it still has a hotel and general store to cater for the road and railway workers and travellers.
Mannahill is a settlement on the Barrier Highway and Indian Pacific railway line, it is in the Northeast Pastoral district and has a population of 66. The village still has the Mannahill Hotel which was built in 1889.
Yunta is a village on the Barrier Highway that services both the local area and travellers passing through. It lies south west of Broken hill and north east of Peterborough.
The town was established in 1887 after the discovery of gold at the nearby diggings at Teetulpa and Waukaringa, when more than 5,000 miners made their way through here. In the early 1890s the village was a busy railway town on the Adelaide to broken Hill line. From 1934 Yunta was the base for the famed outback trucking and mail contractor Harry Ding. Today it is a small service centre for travellers and the surrounding properties. Yunta also provides an alternate route to the Flinders Ranges and beyond.
Village facilities include a hotel offering meals and accommodation, two roadhouses (one with caravan sites), two fuel stations, post office, Rural Transaction Centre offering internet access, police station, air strip and a primary school.
Peterborough (or Petersburg as it was known until 1918) is an old railway town, the Indian Pacific stops there on it's journey to Western Australia.
The town was settled to service the agricultural and pastoral endeavours of the 1870s. A Mr William Heithersay was the first person to start a business venture up, when in 1878 he built a blacksmith shop. Several other ventures by other people soon followed. There are two theories as to how the town got its name. One is that it was named after Mr Peter Doecke, the original owner of the land on which the town was built. The other, that it was named after 'Peters Store', the first General Store in town.
During our stay in Peterborough we drove to Port Pirie for a day trip, 216 km return, Travelling through the towns of Jamestown & Gladstone. We also went to Wooronga Island for a view across Spencer Gulf.
Jamestown is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia 207 kilometres north of Adelaide. It is on the banks of the Belalie Creek and on the railway line between Gladstone and Peterborough.
The town is the birthplace of Australian bush legend, Reginald Murray Williams (1908–2003), better known as R. M. Williams, the bush outfitter, Sir Raphael Cilento (1893–1985), tropical medicine pioneer, noted public servant and father of actress Diane Cilento, actor Paul Cronin (born 1938) and Edgar Mayne (1882-1961), Test cricketer.
Gladstone is a small rural town in the Mid North of South Australia on the approach to the lower Flinders Ranges. The town services the surrounding district with two pubs, three churches, a bank, post office and several shops and small businesses providing basic goods and services. Wheat and sheep are the main farming produce of the region, but Gladstone has the largest inland grain storage facility in the Southern Hemisphere, storing wheat, barley, durum wheat, peas, faba beans and fiesta beans
Upon our return to Peterborough we had the bearings checked on the van. The mechanic advised it was also time to fit new tyres, which we decided to have fitted in Port Augusta after leaving the Flinders Ranges and before heading up the "Centre".
Days 13 to 14
298 kms Travelled
We left Broken Hill at 8:40am. Leo & Maureen left for Mildura at the same time. After travelling about 50 kilometres we crossed into South Australia at a little place called Cockburn.
Cockburn has a population of roughly 25. Back in 1892 the town had become sizable, the population was 2,000. It boasted two hotels, two general stores, three boarding houses, schools and churches. Seven trains regularly ran between Peterborough, Cockburn and Broken Hill.
After leaving Cockburn we drove through the towns of O'Lary, Mannahill and Yunta on our way to Peterborough.
Olary is a small settlement on the Barrier Highway in South Australia. It is situated near Olary Creek and is one of the easternmost settlements in South Australia.
This small settlement was established in the late 1880s to service the highway and the railway which pass through here. After the modernisation of transport which travelled between Adelaide and Broken Hill the village population declined. However it still has a hotel and general store to cater for the road and railway workers and travellers.
Mannahill is a settlement on the Barrier Highway and Indian Pacific railway line, it is in the Northeast Pastoral district and has a population of 66. The village still has the Mannahill Hotel which was built in 1889.
Yunta is a village on the Barrier Highway that services both the local area and travellers passing through. It lies south west of Broken hill and north east of Peterborough.
The town was established in 1887 after the discovery of gold at the nearby diggings at Teetulpa and Waukaringa, when more than 5,000 miners made their way through here. In the early 1890s the village was a busy railway town on the Adelaide to broken Hill line. From 1934 Yunta was the base for the famed outback trucking and mail contractor Harry Ding. Today it is a small service centre for travellers and the surrounding properties. Yunta also provides an alternate route to the Flinders Ranges and beyond.
Village facilities include a hotel offering meals and accommodation, two roadhouses (one with caravan sites), two fuel stations, post office, Rural Transaction Centre offering internet access, police station, air strip and a primary school.
Peterborough (or Petersburg as it was known until 1918) is an old railway town, the Indian Pacific stops there on it's journey to Western Australia.
The town was settled to service the agricultural and pastoral endeavours of the 1870s. A Mr William Heithersay was the first person to start a business venture up, when in 1878 he built a blacksmith shop. Several other ventures by other people soon followed. There are two theories as to how the town got its name. One is that it was named after Mr Peter Doecke, the original owner of the land on which the town was built. The other, that it was named after 'Peters Store', the first General Store in town.
During our stay in Peterborough we drove to Port Pirie for a day trip, 216 km return, Travelling through the towns of Jamestown & Gladstone. We also went to Wooronga Island for a view across Spencer Gulf.
Jamestown is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia 207 kilometres north of Adelaide. It is on the banks of the Belalie Creek and on the railway line between Gladstone and Peterborough.
The town is the birthplace of Australian bush legend, Reginald Murray Williams (1908–2003), better known as R. M. Williams, the bush outfitter, Sir Raphael Cilento (1893–1985), tropical medicine pioneer, noted public servant and father of actress Diane Cilento, actor Paul Cronin (born 1938) and Edgar Mayne (1882-1961), Test cricketer.
Gladstone is a small rural town in the Mid North of South Australia on the approach to the lower Flinders Ranges. The town services the surrounding district with two pubs, three churches, a bank, post office and several shops and small businesses providing basic goods and services. Wheat and sheep are the main farming produce of the region, but Gladstone has the largest inland grain storage facility in the Southern Hemisphere, storing wheat, barley, durum wheat, peas, faba beans and fiesta beans
Upon our return to Peterborough we had the bearings checked on the van. The mechanic advised it was also time to fit new tyres, which we decided to have fitted in Port Augusta after leaving the Flinders Ranges and before heading up the "Centre".
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