Monday 21 May
Today we travelled with Rob and Carol Sanderson towards the
Flinders Ranges, stopping overnight at a great Caravan Park on the outskirts of
Hawker. We stopped for lunch at Terowie, a historic railway town now in serious
decline. In the 1960s it had a population of over 2000, but now only 150 live
there. It used to be the junction of two railway gauges, and had extensive
railyards. However its most famous
visitor was probably General Douglas Macarthur who in 1942, reputedly declared,
“I shall return.”
After a night at Hawker – a the only Caravan Park I’ve ever
seen that supplies shampoo, conditioner, bathmats and a hairdryer in the shower
block, we travelled on to the Flinders Ranges, deciding to stay for three
nights at Willow Springs Station.
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| Wind farms north of Burra |
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| Terowie, an old railway town |
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| Farmer Rob in the Heritage Park, Terowie |
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The old railway station, Terowie
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| Plaque commemorating the visit of Douglas Macarthur |
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| Peterborough town sign. Known as the town where three rail gauges met |
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