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Heavy Metal

When you turn onto the Arkaroola road out of Yunta you are greeted with several warnings about heading north-west. Aside from reminding you about the dangers of heading into remote locations it proclaims the road being suitable for four wheel drives and heavy vehicles only. Metal roads (from the latin ‘metallum’) with many creek crossings, […]

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Last Drinks at the Waukaringa Hotel

I wonder when that last call for drinks really was? I suspect that back in its heyday there never was a last call, just the ushering of patrons out the door. Back in 1873 the discovery of gold here transformed an inhospitable region of the South Australian outback into a nearly 500 strong community resulting […]

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