Flinders Bush Festival – Quorn – 24/04/2009

Promoting the resourceful excellence of a bush community; our ingenuity, resilence, creativity, skills and talents. 24th to 26th April 2009 at Quorn. Download the brochure Flinders Bush Festival SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Flinders Bush Festival – Quorn – 24/04/2009", url: "http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2009/03/10/flinders-bush-festival/" }); [Read more...]

Wywhyana Creek crossing at Arkaroola Village 25/11/2008

Radar watch. Satellite screens. Road closure reports. Stranded visitors. Calls from television networks chasing images for the evening news. Rations and improvisation when the truck can’t get in with the weekly delivery. Yes, it’s been years! Froth and bubble Arkaroola Creek 7 December 2008 Late spring and early summer rains have changed the face of Arkaroola. 140 mm have been recorded since mid November with rain falling on nineteen days. After so many years without significant rains, a succession of floods have brought new hope that... MORE

Message from Marg

Just as we were planning to truck in drinking water for the motel, and were lamenting the desperate conditions across the sanctuary – some of our permanent waterholes had completely dried up for the first time in forty years – it rained! Marg Sprigg The creeks flowed and the waterholes filled. The vegetation response has been miraculous. We need more rain but are hoping that the ten-year drought has broken. Marathon Resources has completed the clean-up at Mount Gee, a year after Doug and I discovered the buried waste. During... MORE

Live Music! Tracey Bunn and the bareback riders

Open Wednesday 4th March and all this long weekend Saturday, Sunday and Monday Book for lunch or dinner now! Live music Sat 7th March, Tracey Bunn and the bareback riders! Tracey (half of the Toe Sucking Cowgirls) is back with a new band. Fun, funky, witty, upbeat country/roots music Download North Star Upcoming Brochure SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Live Music! Tracey Bunn and the bareback riders", url: "http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2009/03/03/tracey-bunn-and-the-bareback-riders/" }); [Read more...]

WILLOUGHBY WAY Horsemanship Clinic

“WILLOUGHBY WAY” Horsemanship two day clinic Sat 14 & Sun 15 March 2009 Stockyard Arena, Hawker Road Quorn Sat & Sun 8am-5pm (approx) $250.00 per person (two day clinic) Plus $10 per day membership for non-members (Maximum 10 people) Fence Sitters $50 per person per day Print out the Bill Willoughby Clinic entry form and send to: “Willoughby Way” Horsemanship Clinic Stockyard Arena Association PO Box 70, QUORN SA 5433 Enquiries phone Melissa & Richard Boully 08 8648 6789, Mobile: 0437 224... MORE

Rock the Mount at Melrose April 2009

Friday 17th – Sunday 19th April 2009 A family weekend of ACTION… EXCITEMENT… ENTERTAINMENT! Melrose will again become centre stage for the hottest names in Australian Country Music – Lee Kernaghan, Steve Forde, The Sunny Cowgirls, Jasmine Rae, Catherine Britt and the Noll Brothers. There’s plenty of action with buskers, a ute muster, market stalls and a jam packed line up of Australia’s best Country Music stars. The Main Street is the place to be on Friday night with buskers and the Melrose Market... MORE