Rarer than a Blue Moon rogaine – SA 2008
Our first rogaine in South Australia is in the Flinders Ranges. Grant & Tina fly over from Melbourne to join us and to participate in their first rogaine ever.
It’s about a 6hr drive from Adelaide and we arrive in the middle of the night. The next day we plan like a WA rogaine and as soon as it gets dark we realise we shouldn’t have… Contour lines close together here means cliffs, not just a steep hill… We adjust, have some sleep and go out again with an adapted route – much better. Grant & Tina win first novices and we get wet during the prize giving… The area is beautiful though and we’d love to come back here for some more exploring.
Jude and Tina aren’t allowed in…
our camp site on Alpana Station
Jon has made a friend
getting ready for the rogaine
lots of snacks 🙂
Grant & Tina ready to go
Jon & Jude ready to go
beautiful creek
easy walking section
getting dark
Jon on his way to a control on the top of a hill
beautiful scenery
punching a control
views at sunset
lots of open space and hills
sunset
walking into the darkness
huge gum trees in the dry riverbeds
the next morning we re-assess…
and pick up some more controls
clouds
another control on top of a windy hill – our last control…
downhill from here to the finish line at Alpana Station
sign for Alpana Station
back home in Adelaide with Grant & Tina