Face the Outback Day 1
Day 1. Adelaide to Wilpena Pound via Clare, Seven Hills Winery, Wirrabara and Quorn. Austrian Jesuits planted the first vines in Seven Hills in 1842. Since then the winery in the Clare Valley has been producing some excellent wine. The Jesuits’ church though was never finished (notice the missing spire) due to a lack of money. Wirrabara’s bakery provides some of Australia’s best pies. If you’re passing through then stop and have one
The Cheese Tree was used as an aid in the processing of cheese by Edy Bishop during the years 1868-78. Note the mortice holes in the base of the tree. Further information obtainable from National Trust Museum, Melrose.
European settles first came to Quorn around the 1850s, Quorn itself being named in 1875 and named after Quorndon in Leicestershire, England. Quorn became a major point on the Great Northern Railway and became a junction on both east-west and north-south rail services. Quorn’s decline began in the 1950s when a station at Marree began with standard gauge railways. Movies such as Gallipoli and The Sundowners were filmed partially in Quorn.
The Adnyamathanha are the Aboriginal people of the northern Flinders Ranges. Adnyamathanha meaning hills or rock people is a term now used to describe the Kuyani, Wailpi, Yadliaura, Pilatapa and Pangkala, the traditional groups in the Flinders Ranges. Sharing a common identity based on the Yura Muda, culture and language of their descendants, all understanding is derived from the land. Naturally, tourists take lots of photographs. Sometimes it’s also fun to photograph the photographers.
Face The Outback is a our provided by Wayward Bus, running over 8 days from Adelaide to Alice Springs. Taking in the Flinders Ranges, the Oodnadatta Track, William Creek, Coober Pedy, Ulura and Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon. 19 of us head off with our guide and driver, Adam, for over a week of travel, education, fun and frivolity.
