Cameron Corner - Missing Bus

Just a quick answer to the disappearance of the Yellow Bus mentioned in our last newsletter.

It was an English double-decker and it's history was fascinating.

Apparently it was one of two double-deckers driven into the region by some Englishmen on a journey. The buses were then sold to a local farmer who used them as outstations where stockmen could eat, sleep and shelter.

Unfortunately it is no longer a landmark on the Merty Merty to Cameron corner road  .....It has been buried !

Birdsville - Missing Cairn
 

 
Diamantina  Council has recently received communication from a number

 of former staff of the Compagnie Generale de Geophysique

 (CGG)-Seismic Survey Party S6507 who surveyed and created what is now  known as the 'French Line' through the Simpson Desert in 1963-1964

They are trying to work out what happened to the small

cairn erected between the two existing cairns in 1998.


There is a survey mark where the cairn once stood.

If anyone knows what has happened to the cairn Council would be pleased to hear.

Birdsville -  

Kelly Theobald moved to Birdsville in April 2011 and became passionate about the outback. She is a journalist with a taste for adventure and wrote Onslo while planning her very own Volkswagen Beetle Simpson Desert crossing with her

partner, who is an extreme Volkswagen enthusiast.  

She hopes that Onslo and her future children's books can encourage families to explore Australian outback destinations and help children learn about outback lifestyles, wildlife and history.  

 In September 2012, the real-life Onslo was the first Volkswagen Beetle to cross the desert via the QAA line and French line, climbing over 1100 sand dunes along the way!

Click the pic for more details! 

Geodynamics Limited advises an update of the progress of the 1 MWe Habanero Pilot Plant trial being conducted near Innamincka in South Australia.

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The Adelaide Caravan Camping and Off Road Show is on again at the Adelaide Showground from Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th August.  

The show will be open from 10.00am to 5.00pm daily from Thursday to Sunday. Tickets can be purchased at the entrance gates and a two-for-one offer is available online at www.caravancampingmidyearsale.com.au 

 I will be working on the VKS737 Australian 4WD Radio Network Stand in the Jubilee Pavilion each day, so if you are going to the Show, come over and have a chat!  

Whale watchers heading to the State's far west coast are helping to deliver sustainable economic benefits for the region's Aboriginal communities.

During the past year, around 28,000 people have visited the Head of the Bight Visitor Centre - near the Nullarbor Plain - to watch adult Southern Right Whales and their calves close to the coastline.  

The Visitor Centre is on land held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT).  

The revenue generated by the Visitor Centre is helping to create opportunities for Aboriginal people in the Head of the Bight region and the Visitor Centre is becoming a signature tourism destination for South Australia, as the whales often swim close to the Centre's viewing platform.  

The majority of the income generated by the Centre is invested back into repairs, maintenance, and upgrades, as well as other ALT initiatives. Much of the repair and maintenance work is undertaken by local Aboriginal people, creating sustainable job opportunities for the region's Aboriginal communities.  

There is now a great opportunity to build on the success of the Visitor Centre by taking advantage of the 400,000 tourists that travel across the Nullarbor Plain every year.  

This part of our State is rich in Aboriginal dreaming stories and several unique species of flora and fauna including Ospreys, Wedge Tail Eagles, Blue-breasted Fairy Wrens, Scarlet-chested Parrots, wombats, several species of reptiles and snakes, and some rare species such as the native apricot (Pittosporum phylliraeoides).

Check out the very informative HEAD OF BIGHT website! 

     (Includes Sealink ferry)

Penneshaw, Antechamber Bay, Cape Willoughby, American River, Kingscote, Flinders Chase National Park,  Cape Borda, Admirals Arch, Cape De Coudic, Seal Bay, Emu Bay, Stokes Bay, Snelling Beach, Western River Cove.  

        

          The Gawler Ranges

          Sunday 13th October
          Sunday 10th November 

                  (5 days)          

                     $1750pp   

            definite departures    

        

Port Wakefield, Port Germein, Port Augusta, Iron Knob, Corunna, Siam, Nonning, Mt Ive, Lake Gairdner, Yardea, Hiltaba, Paney Station, The Organ Pipes, Pildappa Rock, Tcharkuldu Hill, Minnipa, Wudinna, Kimba, Wilmington, Melrose, Gladstone, The Clare Valley. 

     

              

             Birdsville & Windorah  

 

              Saturday 10th August 

                    (9 days)

                    $3500pp 

              definite departure  

Clare Valley, Leigh Creek, Marree, Mungerannie, Birdsville,

Betoota, Windorah, Quilpie, Toompine, Thargomindah, Cunnamulla, Bourke, Cobar, Broken Hill. 

    

            

             

            Flinders Ranges
                         &  

                    Skytrek

      Thursday 5th September 

                    (4 days) 

                                                              $1595pp                                                                                                            

Rawnsley Park, Wilpena Pound, Willow Springs Station, Skytrek, Bunyeroo Valley, Brachina Gorge, Blinman, Parachilna Gorge, Moralana Scenic Drive, Melrose, The Bridle Track. Port Germein, Laura, Orroroo, Burra, Eudunda, Kapunda. 


 

         
           Flinders Ranges
                       &
                 Arkaroola

     Saturday 14th September 

                  (5 day

s)

      $2150pp
definite departure                         

Rawnsley Park, Wilpena Pound, Bunyeroo Valley, Brachina Gorge, Blinman, Arkaroola,  Ridgetop Tour,  Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole, Gammon Ranges, Moralana Scenic Drive.
 

             Flinders Ranges 

                    & Outback

                     (8 days) 

                  $3785pp

 

 

  

Rawnsley Park, Wilpena Pound, Bunyeroo Valley, Brachina Gorge, Blinman, Arkaroola,  Ridgetop Tour,  Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole, Gammon Ranges, Moralana Scenic Drive.
Marree, The Oodnadatta Track, William Creek, Coober Pedy,
The Painted Desert, Woomera, Roxby Downs.


       

             Tumby Bay  

                         &
           The Eyre Peninsula

         Monday 21st October 

                    (5 days)                        
                   $1595pp  

 

Port Germein, Arno Bay, Port Neill,Trinity Haven Scenic Drive, Poonindie, Port Lincoln, Sleaford Bay, Whaler's Way, Tod Reservoir, Cummins, Mt Hope, Point Drummond, Greenly Beach, Dutton Bay, Coffin Bay, Koppio Museum.
Enjoy a Clydesdale Horse and trolley ride!
Return is via Horrock's Pass  to Flinders Ranges, Orroroo and Burra.

  
 
                                  
           Head of Bight  

                and 

        The Eyre Peninsula 

    Sunday 22nd September

                   (8 days)

                    $2950pp  

definite departure

 

Port Germein, Arno Bay, Port Neill,Trinity Haven Scenic Drive, Poonindie , Port Lincoln, Sleaford Bay, Whaler's Way, Coffin Bay, Lock's Well, Elliston, Talia Caves, Venue Bay, Murphy's Haystacks, Point Labatt, Streaky Bay, Smoky Bay, Ceduna,
Penong, Cactus Beach, Fowlers Bay,Nullarbor Roadhouse,
Head of Bight Whale Centre, Minnipa, Wudinna, The Gawler Ranges National Park, Kimba, Iron Knob, Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Wilmington, Melrose, The Bridle Track to Port Germein, Clare Valley.