Port Pirie Centenary Regatta, October 18th

The Port Pirie Rowing Club will host their Centenary Rowing Regatta in Port Pirie this Saturday, 18th October 2008. This Regatta celebrates 100 years for the Port Pirie Rowing Club and is expected to attract up to 100 rowers from Port Pirie, Adelaide and the Riverland. Previous Port Pirie Regattas have been highly successful with visiting rowers impressed by our Solomontown Beach venue and views over the Southern Flinders Ranges. Local spectators have also enjoyed the spectacle of competitive rowing on our river. Records show that competitive... MORE

Bridge to Nowhere, Black Rock

It appears that the Port Pirie ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ has some competition from Black Rock. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bridge to Nowhere, Black Rock", url: "http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/09/16/bridge-to-nowhere/" }); [Read more...]

Brill ‘Barwell Bull’

Taken near Quorn December 2007 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Brill ‘Barwell Bull’", url: "http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/09/16/brill-barwell-bull/" }); [Read more...]

The Flying Scotsman, 1988

Bob Kennedy and the legendary UK locomotive Flying Scotsman at Peterborough in 1988 on its journey west from Broken Hill. The Flying Scotsman was in Australia in 1988-89 as part of the nation’s bicentennial celebrations. Whilst here, Flying Scotsman established a new record by steaming the 442 miles (711 km) from Parkes to Broken Hill. This was the longest non-stop run ever recorded by a steam locomotive. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Flying Scotsman, 1988", url: "http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/22/the-flying-scotsman/" }); [Read more...]

Bob Kennedy with locomotive NSU-52

Peterborough-based engine driver Bob Kennedy at Orroroo with former 1950s Central Australian Railway (CAR) locomotive NSU-52 ‘light engine’ c1980s. Bob’s brother Bill, was also an engine driver, now retired. lives at Quorn (2008) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bob Kennedy with locomotive NSU-52", url: "http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/21/bob-kennedy-nsu-52/" }); [Read more...]

Observer, Country News 22/01/1881

Country News Orroroo, January 14. The good effects of the late storm are not lasting as the weather is again as hot and close as it can possibly be. In this town we had only a small quantity of rain, whilst in the hills – not half a mile away – it fell in torrents, filling up large waterholes and stone quarries. I noticed sometime ago that some one writing from this district stated that the Pekina Creek was dry just beyond Orroroo. This was not the case, as there has been more water running this season than for many years, my informant... MORE

Orroroo Railway Station Crowd 1937

A big day at Orroroo railway station – Back to Orroroo – October 1937 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Orroroo Railway Station Crowd 1937", url: "http://www.flindersranges.com.au/2008/08/15/orroroo-railway-station-crowd-1937/" }); [Read more...]

Orroroo – Quorn – Farina Railway

Request for Tender for railway infrastructure removal Now….. After serving residents of the Orroroo district as a means of communication, passenger transport, a common carrier and tourist attraction for over 120 years it seems that the remaining section of the ‘Quorn line’ emanating out of Peterborough will be ‘ripped up’ in the latter part of 2008. The removal of the narrow gauge railway will end Peterborough’s days as a railway junction town and remove any future hopes of a train running through the... MORE

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