Rawnsley Park Station has been recommended to us by lots of
people, so we just had to stay here.
Rawnsley Park Station is a working sheep property although
these days only running about 2000 sheep as it’s main focus is tourism. The
Park is situated at the base of one of the walls of the amazing Wilpena Pound. For some reason I have never been over
enthusiastic about visiting Flinders Ranges, but I am now really glad we did
visit as the scenery is spectacular.
We took our first day here pretty easy, driving around
checking out some of the lookouts. The
views from Stokes Hill Lookout were amazing and to top it off as we drove back
down the hill we were greeted by a local kangaroo family. I just love our
Kangaroos; they are such a beautiful and interesting animal. Some weren’t to
sure about us, but then some decided to check me out as I checked them out.
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| Flinders Rangers on the horizon |
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| Some True Aussies |
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| Too Cute |
Next stop was Appealinna Ruins. The story behind these ruins was
very interesting. Built in 1851 and occupied until the 1870's, the Appealinna Ruins is a testament to the early pastoralists hopes and aspirations. The Wills family didn't have it easy though, there was constant conflict between Joseph Wills and the towns miners. Eventually Joseph was killed and it was rumoured that one of the miners had committed it, but no-one was charged. It was also rumoured that Joseph could have been a bit dishonest when it came to which property was his.
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| Appealinna Ruins |
Our last destination for the day was Sacred Canyon. As we
walked down the dry river bed the old Red River Gums looked like the old men of
the river greeting us. Nearing the Aboriginal Carvings the riverbed got very
rocky so off I ventured climbing my way forward. As I was climbing over the
rocks it made me think of how I would have been prior to leaving on our Aussie
Adventure back in May 2013. I don’t think I would have even tried to climb, I
would have thought of some reason why I just couldn’t do it. I am pretty proud
of how I have grown over the past 10 ½ months. There wasn’t a huge amount of
rock carvings but still very interesting.
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| The trees almost talked to us |
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Aboriginal Carvings
The circle carvings represent Rock hole or Spring
and the three prong carving represents Emu. |
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| Not really a nice leisurely walk |
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