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

Charlie at Old Illinawortina

Once over the hills and down the gutter that serves as a track we came to Old Illinawortina ruins. I think I’ll call the track Bitter Springs track (there is a spring or a mill about halfway called “Bitter Springs”) but I think it might be the hilux that was a little ‘bitter’, after the punishment that was meted out to her springs! 19km in about 2 hours. The ruins are testament to the early pastoralists that built homes and lived out here. As you look around you wonder what it might’ve been like back... MORE