Sanders Living the Dream on Kangaroo Island

  We left Arkaroo Rock feeling up-lifted after our walk through beautiful scenery to the Arkaroo Rock Wall.  Now it was time to hook up the Geist and headed for Blinman on our next adventure.     Blinman is a very small village (22 people live there), which we had visited briefly on one of our day trips while at Wilpeena. Of note, the Miners Crib Café Bakery offers a “Miner’s Pasty”, stuffing one end with a wee bit of apple pie filling and identifying it with a sprinkling of sugar, so you know which end to start at.  A clever way to include a bit of desert within one pastry. From memory, the town has a post office, an old copper mine that does tours and doubles as the info centre, and a pub. Frankly, I didn’t notice what the other buildings were, but it was a tiny town.  More importantly for our trip, this was the start of the road to  The Arkaroola Wilderness Resort.     When we arrived at the road conditions sign for the...

April 2024 - Finally, our first real holiday since moving to Kangaroo Island.  A camping trip in our 'new to us' caravan, affectionately known as “The Geist”  (Which means free spirit, and we say it with an Arnold Schwarzenegger accent as it is European.)   When our nephew Callan and his partner Melinda heard we’d decided on the Flinders Ranges, they planned to join us. We’ve always enjoyed their company when visiting, but had no idea how much fun and laughter we would enjoy with them on this trip.  We were starting at the  Wilpena Pound Resort  on Adnyamathanha Country. Wilpena Pound or Ikara (meeting place) is of cultural and spiritual significance to the Adnyamathanha people, who have lived here for 15,000 years. I’ll put in links where I can for those who want to see more about the spots we’ve visited.  Although from above it looks like a crater, it’s actually a natural amphitheatre, and was called a “pound” as the shape lent itself to natural...