North Flinders

Driving days through flat desert country, we turned off the Strzelecki Track and headed down to the North Flinders Ranges at Vulkathunha Gammon Ranges National Park. We had a couple of nights at Weetootla Gorge campsite. Once again the vastness and space and very sparse population of the campsite was noticeable. And excellent. More campfires and more damper! The kids completed a 12 km hike with us, up through the gorge, following the Balcanoona Creek, and beyond, until we reached Grindells Hut. From the balcony of the more modern hut, we could have a spectacular picnic lunch, surrounded by the ranges.

Grindells original stone hut was behind this one. Read the kids blogs to learn about the true nature of Grindell...

It is rugged hiking country so the kids did really well, reminiscent to me of the Macdonnell Ranges – jagged rich red cliffs, rugged, rocky ground, shady pebbly river crossings, beautiful gums as well as scrub and tortured dry trees. The kids were intrigued by the mountain goats who bleated at us from way up on the way back, we observed them through the binoculars.