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Flinders Ranges National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flinders Ranges is South Australia's largest mountain range and a national park, 384 km north of Adelaide. This, along with the copper mining lobby (copper was mined in the Hawker-Flinders Ranges area in the late 1850's and transported overland by bullock dray), induced the government to build narrow gauge railway line north of Port Augusta through Pichi Richi Pass, Quorn, Hawker and along the west of the ranges, eventually to Marree. The first humans to inhabit the Flinders Ranges were the Adnyamathana people (meaning ‘hill people’ or ‘rock people’) the descendants of whom still reside in the area. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flinders_Ranges_National_Park   (938 words)

Flinders Ranges National Park - Park Management Flinders Ranges National Park is established under the National Parks and Wildlife SA Act 1972 and is administered by the Outback Region of the Department for Environment and Heritage. and protecting native species… Bounceback is restoring important populations of native plants and animals in national parks and throughout the region including the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby. The day-to-day management of the park is administered by district staff in accordance with the provisions of the Park Management Plan. www.parks.sa.gov.au /flinders_ranges/park   (443 words)

Flinders Ranges and Outback South Australia - Holiday Planner - Central Flinders Ranges The town is at the northern edge of the Flinders Ranges National Park and well suited as a base for exploring the region, with good facilities including a hotel and motel, shearers’ quarters and cottage accommodation. Full details are available from the Information Centre and National Parks and Wildlife South Australia has walking notes and maps available for a small fee. To the north-east are the Gammon Ranges and Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.. www.flindersoutback.com /central-flinders.htm   (3244 words)

Welcome to Swagabout Tours At Rawnsley Park you will have breath taking views of Rawnsley Bluff (after which the station was named) at the southern end of Wilpena Pound, the opportunity to take a bush walk or a bike tour or just relax and enjoy the splendor of the magnificent Flinders Ranges. The Gammon Range National Park of 128,000ha is an area of rugged ranges, deep gorges, abundant waterholes, home of the rare Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby and rich in Aboriginal heritage. The Gawler Ranges National Park, formally Paney Station is a 165,000 ha wilderness area with a unique environment of considerable beauty. www.swagabouttours.com.au /places.htm   (3690 words)

FLINDERS RANGES - BACKPACKERS TRAVEL GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA The Flinders Ranges are a dry mountain range northwest of Port Augusta in arid lands. Arkroola is a privately owned nature reserve at the northern end of the Flinders Ranges where the terrain is even drier with spectacular rugged mountainous landscapes and gorge. The Flinders Ranges and Outback South Australia Tourism Office is in Adelaide at 142 Gawler Place. www.geocities.com /austtravel/sa/flinderr.html   (541 words)

Parks Victoria: Welcome page The study area for the new park is the Merri Creek corridor north of the We... Parks Victoria is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from suitably quali... Parking fees will be introduced at Albert Park Reserve from 18 April 2006. www.parkweb.vic.gov.au   (120 words)

Radio National Summer 2003-2004 North of the Flinders Ranges National Park in far North South Australia lies the Vulkathanha-Gammon Ranges National Park, a rugged, arid and extraordinarily beautiful part of Australia. Grampians–Gariwerd National Park in North East Victoria is a spectacularly mountainous park which runs the danger of being loved to death by visitors. Part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park provides a fascinating picture of man’s impact hidden away in what appears to be pristine wilderness. www.abc.net.au /rn/summer/summer2003/walk_park.htm   (340 words)

Discover South Australia The Flinders Ranges is a mecca for bushwalkers, with a number of excellent walking trails throughout the region, in particular Wilpena Pound, Mt Remarkable in the Southern Flinders Ranges, and the Gammon Ranges near Arkaroola. The Flinders Ranges, a comfortable four to five hour drive north of Adelaide, is one of the oldest landscapes on earth, and it is here the very essence of the Outback begins. The range of 4WD treks in the Flinders covers areas from near Wilmington, in the Southern Flinders, to Arkaroola, in the rugged North. www.southaustralia.co.nz /SiteResources/Data/Templates/satc_normal.asp?docid=217   (1783 words)

Walkabout - Wilpena Pound The Flinders Ranges, of which Wilpena Pound is the emotional centre, were first sighted by Matthew Flinders in 1802. Rawnsley Park Station, which is located on the road south of Wilpena Pound and clearly signposted, was first settled by Europeans as part of Arkaba Station in 1851. In recent times Rawnsley Park Station, which is located to the south of the pound, has established itself as a modestly priced caravan park with good quality apartments (taken from a nearby mining site). www.walkabout.com.au /locations/SAWilpenaPound.shtml   (1254 words)

Flinders Ranges South Australia, South Australian Flinders Ranges, South Australia Holidays. Much of the area is national park, and the extensive area of rolling hills of the Flinders Ranges National Park is home to numerous Red Kangaroo, Emus and Galahs. The Flinders Ranges is a majestic mountain range stretching for 300km and offering experiences of the outdoor variety. The vegetation and wildlife of the Flinders Ranges is quite varied. www.australianportfolio.com /short-journeys/southern-outback/3nts-flinders-range.htm   (693 words)

News: March 5, 2002 (Port Augusta, Australia) As I discovered, Flinders Ranges National Park is a beautiful place on the edge of the Outback with lots of red rocks, kangaroos and, amazingly enough, native pine trees -- one of the few places in Australia where there are native pines. Jeff was eventually heading north to Darwin, where he’d landed a job with the National Park service. After parking in a garage, I walked around for what was going to be 30 minutes but ended up being four hours because, as I discovered, Adelaide is a city of clean, tree-lined streets, interesting buildings, and pretty parks. www.delsjourney.com /news/news_02-03-05.htm   (3007 words)

Australian landmarks - Ayers Rock and Sydney Harbour Bridge At the northern end of the Flinders Ranges National Park, Blinman was a thriving copper town between 1862 and 1830. This park in the southern Flinders Ranges lies between the shores of Spencer Gulf and the mountainous regions surrounding Population: 333 Booleroo Centre is the centre of a thriving wheat and pastoral district in the southern Flinders Ranges. www.gigglepotz.com /csydney.htm   (2078 words)

Alternative Australia Asia-Pacific Travel Gay.com UK Perfect for nature lovers and bushwalkers, the area is named after Matthew Flinders, one of the first explorers of Australia, and is home to the Flinders Ranges National Park, a park that features rocky outcrops, plunging gorges, rolling, golden hills and an abundance of native flora and fauna. The Pound is a natural amphitheatre covering an area of 80 kilometres squared, and is a great introduction to the beauty of the Flinders Ranges National Park. Drive north of Adelaide in South Australia for 4 hours and you’ll arrive at the Flinders Ranges, where the emptiness of the Australian outback meets wilderness and wildlife. uk.gay.com /article/4293   (518 words)

BUG - Backpackers Guide to Quorn, Wilpena Pound and the Flinders Ranges, South Australia The Flinders Ranges National Park is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the outback and it is one of South Australia's most visited national parks. The Flinders Ranges start south of Port Augusta, although the big attraction is Wilpena Pound and the Flinders Ranges National Park in the north-central Flinders Ranges. With a permanent population of only six, this tiny town just north of Flinders Ranges National Park can be a surprisingly lively place. www.bugaustralia.com /destinations/au-safli.html   (1007 words)

Aboriginal Australia Tours & Travel 3 day to Flinders Ranges National Park and Wilpena. 2 day to Flinders Ranges National Park and Wilpena Join Haydyn on a trip into his traditional homeland area of the Flinders Ranges and share a cultural experience 40,000 years in the making. www.aboriginalaustraliatravel.com /tour_info.cfm?id=113   (223 words)

Welcome to the Blinman Hotel Just 60km north of Wilpena Pound on the northern fringe of the Flinders Ranges National Park, the hotel provides outstanding facilities for the exploring traveller. Dine in the restaurant or out on the old pub verandah with panoramic views of the surrounding ranges at sunset, where there is an aura of peaceful tranquility. Along with the outback character of the front bar, a fully licensed restaurant with seating capacity for 120, offering fine dining with modern Australian cuisine and a range of excellent wines and beers including some exclusive South Australian wine's and beer's that are now exported to the world. blinmanhotel.com.au /hotel.html   (240 words)

over the ranges South Australia - Travel - MyNRMA Brachina Gorge is one of the Flinders Ranges National Park’s most popular and spectacular tourist attractions and a refuge for the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby as well as many species of birds and reptiles. There are several tracks cutting across the national park, and while all roads in this area are scenic, the Brachina and Bunyeroo Roads, and the Blinman-Parachilna road are even more so as they follow dry creek beds and ancient gorge lines deep into the heart of the ranges. The Flinders Ranges in central South Australia is an ancient landscape, one of the oldest on earth - the mountains, once higher than the Himalaya, are more than 600 million years old and are one of the richest geological areas in the country. www.mynrma.com.au /sa_flinders_ranges.asp   (1064 words)

Bushwalking - South Australia - Wilpena Pound The best known National Park in South Australia is the Flinders Ranges National Park. While the park only contains a small portion of the actual Flinders Ranges, it does contain the large bowl shaped feature known as Wilpena Pound. Notes are in the booklet 'Flinders Ranges Walks' by Peter Beer, '50 Walks in South Australia' by Tyrone Thomas, 'Car Touring and Bushwalking in the Southern Flinders Ranges' by Grant Da Costa and also in 'Bushwalking in Australia'. www.john.chapman.name /sa-wilp.html   (435 words)

Flinders Ranges Heading Bush 4WD Adventures Tours, Wallaby Tracks Adventure Tours, Andu Lodge Backpackers As we are based in the Flinders Ranges we use a coach company to transfer you from Adelaide to Pt Augusta on the morning of day 1. Flinders Ranges N.P, Mount Chambers, Arkaroola Sanctuary,Gammon Ranges N.P, Lyndhurst, Marree, Lake Eyre North, Muloorina Waterhole. DAY 3: Pack our lunch and walk deep into Chambers Gorge, one of the Flinders most spectacular Gorges, (approx 5 hours), afternoon drive to Arkaroola Sanctuary, where we disconnect the trailer and 4WD around this amazing part of the Flinders Ranges. www.users.bigpond.com /headbush/route.htm   (634 words)

Flinders Ranges Gourmet We travel south through Wirrealpa Station and enter the Flinders Ranges National Park, and take the Brachina Gorge Geological Trail - an interpretive journey through 300 million years of geological history explaining the remarkable geology of the Flinders. The Flinders Ranges have been described as the "storehouse of beauty and the graveyard of dreams. In the afternoon we travel through the southern Flinders Ranges, and the historic town of Melrose to our first nights camp at Warren Gorge. www.diamantina-tour.com.au /dtc_web_pages/990_tours/flinders.html   (373 words)

South Australia National Parks, Kangaroo Island, to Flinders Ranges The tortuous semi-arid form of Wilpena Pound set in the Flinders Ranges National Park is a natural amphitheatre 11kms long by 5kms wide with 600metre high walls, homestead ruins, an Aboriginal gallery and former initiation site Gammon Ranges National Park - this is an arid wilderness of spectacular rugged ranges and deep gorges shading delightful eucalypt lined creeks. Kangaroo Island and Flinders Chase National Park - a deeply dissected plateau with soaring sea cliffs and historic lighthouses, mallee scrub and tall sugar-gum trees. www.natureboundaustralia.com /tours/seascape/default.php   (1776 words)

Home The Friends of the Flinders Ranges National Park are a group of people... from the local Flinders area, Adelaide, and other areas of the state and even interstate!... The range of activities is wide and varied. www.searchsa.com.au /Articles.asp?ID=3   (253 words)

Motorcycle Touring in the Northern Flinders Ranges We had visited Arkaroola in the north Flinders Ranges on a 4 day weekend about 13 years ago - we knew it was worth another visit but had not previously explored the nearby Gammon Ranges National Park. From the bitumen road ending at Wilpena in the Flinders Ranges National Park it is about 212 kilometres on gravel roads to Arkaroola. When we arrived at the Gammon Ranges Park Headquarters we found that the entire park was closed for the coming week to allow feral animal eradication in the park. www.users.bigpond.com /mcewing/arkarool.htm   (920 words)

South Australian holidays, travel and tourism Rawnsley Park Station is a working sheep station located in South Australia& Flinders Ranges. The spectacular scenery of the Flinders Ranges is the major attraction of the area. Artists and photographers from all over Australia are attracted to the Flinders Ranges in order to capture the vivid colours of these rugged sandstone ranges. www.southaustralia.com /product.asp?product_id=9000268   (479 words)

Nature's canvas - South Australia - www.smh.com.au/travel/ Back on the ground, at the southern end of the Flinders Ranges National Park, we did a great two-hour return walk to Arkaroo Rock, where a stone rears up and curves round like an open hippopotamus mouth to reveal 5000-year-old ochre and charcoal drawings showing the creation of Wilpena Pound. It's not one collection of mountains, it's three distinct areas, hundreds of kilometres apart: the southern end, around Mount Remarkable; the central ranges, in Flinders Ranges National Park, in and around Wilpena Pound; and the northern end, around the Gammon Ranges and the Arkaroola Sanctuary. More information: The South Australian Tourism Commission; the Wilpena Visitor Centre; Flinders Ranges National Parks. www.smh.com.au /news/South-Australia/Natures-canvas/2005/02/09/1107890264117.html   (1556 words)

Earthbeat - 5/02/00: Flinders Ranges Rehabilitation Steve Peters: The view from the southern Flinders Ranges is breathtaking, but unfortunately from that height you can also see how water pouring through the creeks in the mountains, pause out onto the salt lakes, and carries with it, soil. Another remote and spectacular landscape that’s felt the effects of human intervention is the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Trevor Naismith is the Parks and Wildlife Manager for the Flinders district, and with him I went back to the place where it all started. www.abc.net.au /rn/science/earth/stories/s99157.htm   (987 words)

The Flinders Ranges Region @ ExplorOz The Flinders Ranges in South Australia is probably the most accessible outback region of Australia. The Flinders is popular with campers with a range of locations to choose from depending on your level of required amenities. Wildlife in the Flinders is also abundant with emus, wedgetail eagles, red and grey kangaroos, blue tongue lizards, snakes and all sorts of reptiles. www.exploroz.com /Regions/Flinders.asp   (1234 words)

Flinders Ranges - Hiking and Climbing - National Parks in South Australia pictures on Worldisround National Parks in South Australia- travel photos - In July 2001, I undertook a five-day trip to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, with... We drove from Adelaide to the Wilpena Pound Resort, at the HQ of the Flinders Ranges National Park, about 500 km north of Adelaide. Very nice Bob, brings back memories of my trip to the Flinders Ranges, When I got lost on one of the many roads without signs and with an almost empty tank of petrol. www.worldisround.com /articles/5960/text.html   (1556 words)

Travel Secrets of the Flinders Ranges, Quorn and Hawker. The travel secrets within The Flinders Ranges Council area which are unveiled in the following pages can be easily discovered by any traveller who is willing to spend a few days and take the time to enjoy them at a relaxing pace. Flinders Ranges Secrets - Copyright © 2003 - Wayne Schuttloffel. Official Website of the Flinders Ranges Visitor Centre is travel.flindersranges-secrets.com   (492 words)

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