Day 13 Merna Mora to Flinders Ranges

It was so hot last night and it hardly cooled down during the night. Thankfully Monique sewed some mosquito nets for the car doors so at least during the night we can keep some windows open.

We had a quick brekkie and packed up our stuff. We took the Moralana Scenic drive, an unsealed track towards the Flinders Ranges which started opposite from where we camped. It was a really nice drive with some magnific views over the ranges. Again there were heaps of Roo’s and Emus around.

The track ended on to the main road to Wilpena Pound. Along the way we enjoyed a few lookouts and stopped to pay the park and camping fees at the entrance into the Park. From there it was only a short drive to the Parks headquarters. We got some information about walks and campsites.

Back at the car we had something to eat and then started one of the walks. The walk took us up to Mount Ohlssen Bagge. It was a very steep return walk of 6.4 km. And steep it was!! It took us almost 2 hours to get to the top. It was a hot day but thankfully there was a bit of cloud cover, otherwise the sun would have toasted us!

The view from the top was  amazing and definitely worth the climb! There were heaps of little lizards and dragons around and they loved the flies we brought with us. When we sat down to have something to eat and drink they came closer and closer catching the flies around us. At some point one of the lizards even climbed up in Sanders shorts!!! Hilarious!

The walk down was a bit more pleasant but needless to say, we were very happy to be back at the car again. We decided to find out if there were any showers around and managed to find some. Hooray for free (lukewarm) showers!!!

Clean, tired and satisfied we drove further into the park to find a camp spot. We drove to Bunyeroo Gorge and when we got there we setup camp and sat down for a nice cold beer.