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