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South Flinders and Riverland.

October 2017. South Flinders and Riverlands (Murray River) After spending a few hours at Port Augusta,we once more fuelled up and headed south towards Mt Remarkable National Park. We crossed Horracks Pass to the east side of the Flinders Rangers to a small town called Wilmington. We immediately began to see cereal crops once more and found ourselves in a small town called Melrose. We found a spot at the local showgrounds for $20 per night which had a nice rural outlook within walking distance from town. I scouted out the town on the MTB late the first day and thought this is a place with some character and intesting old stone buildings. They also had a small MTB park close by which was neat to see. The following day I spent a couple of hours riding some of the cat 3 trails and enjoyed the challenge. I also rode a 32 km loop of the Mawson Trail which is a 900 kms MTB trail from the south sea coast of Australia all the way to Blinman in the northern Flinders!!!!! Epic. That's som

Ayre Peninsula

Ayre Peninsula in South Australia One of our goals was to visit the Aridlands Botanical Gardens in Port Augusta which had a reputation having having a fine collection of desert plants on display. After filling up with diesel and groceries we shot out to the edge of town to have a look. The temperature was about 35 degrees which meant we wilted pretty quickly as we tried to wander and take in some of the display gardens. The gardens had a number of  "themed display beds" which helped us understand different soils types and plants associated with each of them. The highlight was however the rammed earth visitor centre building which was a great eco design that looked wonderful in the red desert setting and very practical in such hot temperatures. Over the next day or two we made our way down the main highway towards Port Lincoln stopping at Cowell and Tumby Bay along the way. We were hoping for cooler temperatures after the roasting we had in the deserts. It got steadily coo