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Secrets of the Flinders Ranges and Quorn
Secrets of the Flinders Ranges and Quorn
Purchase a memory of your visit to the Flinders Ranges. Go and visit the Flinders Outback Colours Art Gallery while in Quorn. Here you will find many great Outback artists represented. click here to go to web page for this gallery
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Travelling from Hawler to Quorn you will find a couple of excellent places to visit. Yourambulla Caves is one of these. Not only are the cave paintings of interest but also the amazing rock formations and the flora and fauna.
The trees and rocks have some amazing shapes here. Some rocks have wonderful nooks that Kangaroos take advantage of and use for shelter.
There is an interpretive sign at the Yourambulla Caves that explains what the symbols found in the caves mean. This place was so amazing I could understand why the Aboriginals visited here. There were many places where I could imagine the children playing and there was a diverse range of bush foods here too, including native parsley and warrigal greens
The climb is quite easy and since there is so much to see I would recommend that you plan a picnic lunch here.
Kanyaka Ruins. Travelling a bit further down the road towards Quorn you will find these ruins. In it's prime this pastoral property was 240000 acres large and housed up to 70 workers and their families. The main homestead consisted of 16 rooms with 18 inch (46 cm) thick walls of stone and mortar construction. A little further down the Kanyaka track you will find the woolshed which is impressive by it's size. The records show that the first Pastoral Lease of Kanyaka was to Hugh Proby on July 1851. Below are some photo's of these ruins.
Speaking of picnic lunch you could grab something nice to eat from the coffee shop in Hawker. It is just across the road from the Playground and public rest-stop (toilets) There is plenty of room for parking of caravans here and the food is great.
Between Quorn and Hawker with Outback Jack
Of course you could always take the back road to Hawker and discover the little gems like this old wagon. Call into the Tourist information centre at Quorn and grab your map, or visit the link below.
www.flindersranges.com
www.flindersranges.com
