Day 1 - Flinders Ranges

Tour Itinerary (Adelaide to Eyre Peninsula, 6 Day Tour)

Journey into the rusty, rugged gorges, abandoned homesteads and Red Gums of the Southern Flinders Ranges. We head north to one of the oldest mountain ranges on earth, the Flinders Ranges, where we venture to the bottom of Alligator Gorge and walk through the narrows and onto the terraces formed from an ancient seabed. Look for and feel the ripples of the sand still there in the rock today.

After lunch we make our way along the eastern edge of the range towards Warren Gorge, stopping for a break in Quorn. Quorn is home to the Pichi Richi Railway, which played an important role in linking the different gauges of railway line crossing the continent. It wasn't until 1970 that the Indian-Pacific (Transcontinental) made its first unbroken run from Sydney to Perth, by 1980 the Pichi Richi line was obsolete. 

As the sun is setting and wile your evening meal is being prepared, it gives you the opportunity to explore this beautiful gorge in the Flinders Ranges. It is here that you will get the opportunity to see a Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby, almost driven to extinction by introduced "Feral" animals, at Warren Gorge they are beginning to "Bounce Back!"