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Hello dutiful students!
The exams are on their way.... and what to do afterwards? If you are not
going back home then take a trip up to the Flinders Ranges!! Here is a short extract
of my diary-entry about my experience there last year (pics at the end!!):
On Sunday we drove up to Flinders Ranges National Park (about 450km north of
Adelaide). When we arrived at the camping site we immediately started talking
to a bunch of people who were also camping there. We had dinner together and
sat around the camp fire and had fun until about 1am =)
As they were on their way from Darwin to Sydney and had to leave on Monday at
about 1pm, we decided to hike with them on Monday in the morning. That meant
getting up at 6:15am (without any sleep actually as we were all freeeeeezing in
the tent the whole night long) and walking to "Wangara Lookout". The others
went back then and we kept on walking to "St Mary Peak", the highest
point in the Flinders Ranges (1170m). So after seeing lots of kangaroos, baby-emus,
lizards, snakes and whatever and after working our way through about 24km, we
came back to the camp ground at 4pm...quite exhausted and a bit sunburned
actually, but it was an awesome walk with stunning views over the landscape;
totally worth the efforts =) We then played soccer for a while, bought some
groceries and had a great dinner at the camp fire again.
On Tuesday we decided to grab all our stuff and drive to Arkaroo Rock
(including a 1.5 hours walk) to see some Aboriginal paintings in a cave. Wasn't
as impressive as we thought it's gonna be, but worth having a short walk =)
After that we drove to Quorn, had lunch there (pie and chocolate) and continued
driving back south until we came to the Skillagalee Winery in Clare Valley,
where we tasted some wines and awesome honey. After a second winery (of course
we had to compare the wines in the region) we drove back to Adelaide. We were
pretty tired and looking forward to our warm beds =D
Altogether, we had a fantastic time and it was really, really good to get out
of the city for a few days and enjoy Australia's fantastic nature =)
Good luck with your exams & keep exploring Oz!
Sandra
