Millewa Community Pioneer Park in Meringur

On the way to the Flinders Ranges we stopped at Meringur, a farming settlement to the west of Mildura. It is located at the end of the Red Cliffs-Meringur Road towards the South Australian border. Meringur has a population of 20 and the only business still operating is the Meringur Post Office. While in Meringur we visited the Millewa Pioneer Forest and Historical Village open air museum. The Pioneer Village which has many original buildings and artefacts from the Millewa pioneers. Well worth a trip to see. We found the original Werrimull Railway Station building where my Mum actually worked as the Station Mistress for a short time in 1955 when Dad was a Ganger on the Victorian Railways and he was based in Werrimull, a few Kms East of Meringur.

Shadows of the past . . . . 

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A Wild Dog or Not?

Speaking of wild dogs from the previous post (here) this fearsome beast came screaming out of the saltbush and dust at us while we were stopped for a cuppa at a rest stop near Orroroo South Australia.

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Hmm she thought it was pretty funny . . . . . . 

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Lookout at Orroroo

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Dog Proof Fence

Heading to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia we stopped briefly at Wycheproof, a small regional town in the centre of the Shire of Buloke, in North Western Victoria. Mount Wycheproof is a mountain located in the town. Standing at 43 metres (141 ft) above the surrounding terrain, Mount Wycheproof has the distinction of being the smallest registered mountain in the world.

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43 Kms further North West on the Calder Highway, near Culgoa is a historic marker for the dog proof fence  (Click text to view in Google Maps) This marks the site of the dog netting fence which crossed the highway at this point. Part of the fence is included with the memorial. The fence stretched approximately 325 kilometres from Tyntynder on the Murray River to the South Australian border and was intended to prevent wild dogs and other vermin entering farmlands to the south.

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4x4 self drive tour of SKYTREK

Just back from a 4x4 self drive tour of SKYTREK, one of the Flinders Ranges most popular and exhilarating 4WD journeys. Rated as one of the top 20 4x4 treks by Australian 4WD Action Magazine
RATING
Remote: 6/10
Scenic: 10/10
Iconic: 9/10
Adventure: 10/10
Challenging: 6/10

Photo's soon but in the meantime here's the promotional video from YouTube

Merry Christmas 2011

Who? Whroo . . .

Whroo Historic Reserve is on 500 hectares near Rushworth in Victoria and contains the Whroo township an old gold mining ghost town in the Whroo goldfields. The town once had over 140 buildings and a cemetery on Spring Hill near the town site. The last resident of the town left in the early 1960s. Mine shafts dot the area and the Balaclava open cut mine has a mine tunnel running through Balaclava hill into its centre.

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   Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16 f2.8 @ ISO 280, 11mm f22, 1/80 sec

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