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Depot Spring – Homestead

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On February 10, 2013
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The series about this Flinders Ranges sheep station wouldn’t be complete without a look at the Depot Springs homestead. It nestles in some low hills on the southern side of the road between Copley and the aboriginal community at Nepabunna. It’s a beautiful setting and having seen how everything is so well maintained and cared […]

Depot Springs – Shearing

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On February 7, 2013
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The Depot Springs woolshed has a certain architectural beauty….perhaps not everybody’s taste, but if you appreciate tectures and practical design then this woolshed has them both. Di Mengersen’s grandfather, Lance Nicholls helped build the shed back in the 1920s but its days might be numbered as there are plans to built another shearing shed closer […]

Paull’s Consolidated

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On February 4, 2013
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There are literally hundreds of old mines dotted around the Flinders Ranges yet most were dismal failures. One of the more profitable ones is on Depot Springs Station. Paull’s Consolidated Copper MIne operated up till the 1920s. It was a surprisingly large mine site in comparison with other ruins in the area. There’s still lots […]

Depot Spring – The Drive from Jacks Camp

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On February 3, 2013
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With 7000 sheep to round up and get to the holding paddock at the shearing shed, each day’s work is carefully planned. It’s a sequence that depends on the weather and experience. This day there was a thunderstorm and heavy clouds in the area but not much chance of rain. Despite the terrain and the […]

Depot Springs – Disaster

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On January 31, 2013
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The dead trees along this creek tell a story of heartbreak and hardship. While quick and heavy falls of rain are nothing new around this part of the world, particularly in summer and often caused by thunderstorms, nothing prepared Geoff and Di Mengersen for devastating floods in April 2010. Depot Springs received about 100 millimetres […]

Depot Springs Station – Jack’s Camp

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On January 29, 2013
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First light at the Jack Camp yards on the Eastern side of Depot Springs station A thunderstorm approaching from the left…the sun rising on the right. A great recipe for an electric sky.

Depot Springs – Mustering

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On January 28, 2013
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Mustering is a slow process and takes lots of persistence and patience. 500 square kilometres is a lot of ground to cover. While the motorbike has streamlined the process, putting together a mob for droving means carefully checking for every animal. Once gathered together, the sheep move almost at their own pace with the stockmen […]

Shearing Time -Depot Springs Station

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On January 24, 2013
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The following photos are pretty self-explanatory – scenes of sheep being brought in from outlying paddocks by Geoff Mengersen and his crew of four The pictures though give a good look at the country that makes up the station. Depot Springs is a 500 square kilometre property about 30 kilometres east of Copley in the […]

Faces of the Outback

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On January 23, 2013
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Di and Geoff Mengersen from Depot Spring Station in the northern Flinders Ranges. The Mengersens are about to start their annual muster and shearing which takes most of February. Last year I spent about three weeks on and off, following the whole operation. I was shooting a story for the R. M. Williams “Best of […]

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