https://petermacdonaldphoto.com.au/2011/12/down-the-line/ Spectacular pictures by Peter MacDonald, capturing the essence of the Flinders Ranges and outback South Australia. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:58:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://petermacdonaldphoto.com.au/2011/12/down-the-line/#comment-3361 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:58:48 +0000 http://thesentimentalbloke.com/?p=2667#comment-3361 Thanks for the extra information Rick. It is easy to forget in these days of fast cars and bitumen roads that early travellers had a much harder time of it and landmarks like these were important staging points.

]]> https://petermacdonaldphoto.com.au/2011/12/down-the-line/#comment-3356 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:51:30 +0000 http://thesentimentalbloke.com/?p=2667#comment-3356 Looks like a feature known as the Dyke. The Dyke was a landmark early travelers used on their way north. Sometimes they camped there having come from Adelaide via boat to Pt Augusta; thence to Mt Arden & on northwards to Kanyaka, Hookina & so on.

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