The start of the famous Birdsville and Oodnadatta tracks, home of Lake Eyre and district.

Enjoy and discover the old Ghan railway, have a relaxing afternoon at Hergott Springs or take a flight over Lake Eyre and the Marree Man.

The one stop shop in the north.

Open 7 days a week for all your general needs: hot food, coffee, cold drinks, ice, groceries, souvenirs and tools.

We are also the local bottle-shop and post office, fuel and tyre station.

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Welcome to starting point of a couple of Australia’s most famous Outback tracks, the world famous Birdsville Track and the equally challenging Oodnadatta Track.

This is the real outback and real adventure and now can be the starting point for yours, whether you want to explore on the ground or from the air this is the place to begin.

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See lake Eyre in flood, fly the wilds of the Flinders Ranges, contact Bush Pilots Australia Pty Ltd

Vic Bongiorno – Chief Pilot and Company Owner

Bush Pilots Australia Pty Ltd

Office: (08) 8648 4444

www.bushpilots.com.au >>>

Watch the sky turn a brilliant red as it sets over Wilpena Pound. Be inspired by a landscape that has captivated poets and painters for generations. Marvel at Australian native wildlife and flora in its natural habitat.

www.rawnsleypark.com.au >>>

Helping you start your business is what we do – low entry cost serviced office businesses, or work from home, we can help you get your business going. We help you turn your idea or passion into self employment.

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Welcome to the REGIONAL BUSINESS ONLINE INTERNET MARKETING PROGRAM.

The program is a co-operative of thePort Augusta Business Centre, Regional Development Australia Far North, and the Eyre Regional Development Board.

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Dan is running as the Liberal Party’s candidate for the seat of Stuart.  While Stuart has been served by the Graham Gunn for many years, it is the most marginal seat in South Australia.

Dan has not been involved in politics before but has an enormous amount of real-world experience to offer the people of Stuart.  He has worked in the electorate for 17 years (in Port Augusta, Kapunda, the Riverland, the Far and Mid North) and lived in the area for 11 years.

He is hard working, capable, fit and healthy and wants to get on with the job.

Feral by name, not by nature!

I live at Pichi Richi Camel Farm, in the Flinders Ranges.  My friends Rex, Honey, Ibrisam and Scoozi-Please, she used to be a racing camel, all live with me.  There are lots of us here, we have human friends too; Graham, he’s a fourth generation cameleer, we let him think that he’s the boss.  Jannene, she does something Graham calls marketing, I don’t really know what that is, I think it means buying our food at the market?  Then there’s Cody, Malachi and River, they’re Graham and Jannene’s calves and they play with us all.  Together we all have great fun exploring this fantastic part of Australia, that we love living in. We’d love to show YOU too!

See; www.pichirichicameltours.com

Welcome to Farina Station…where the adventure begins.

Camp Grounds, Historic Ruins, Shearer’s Quarters, Tours.

You might be looking for a place to relax and spend valuable time with your family, away from the hi-tech distractions of modern city life.

You might be on your way to Alice Springs via the old Ghan route, Lake Eyre, trekking up the Birdsville Track or even to Andamooka/Roxby Downs the back way.

You may even be an old hand at outback camping, whichever way,  Farina Station provides something for everyone.

Either way, look at the country through local eyes and soon you will see it differently.

www.farinastation.com.au

Kevin wonders where the money wented

As part of the stimulus package our area school at Orroroo gets some $800,000. Yahoo Buckeroo!

That’s OK, BUT! Here’s the builder that you’ve been allocated (let’s call him XYZ Constructions).

Comms begin:

Right lets get down to see what we’ll get for that sorta munney.

Well we’d like, “blah, blah, blah”.

The Rub

Sorry, no way, can’t do it.

Well, what can we have?

Oh you might get 4 classrooms, after we remove the old couple there.

So, 4 classrooms with a wet area in each, building on-site will be too expensive ‘cos of living away stuff so we’ll transport an’ plop down there, easy peasy.

I scratches me head, I does…

Now is it just me or does 4 big rooms in one building with a wet area in each room and probably a transportable plonk-down seem like a fairly simple construction project.

So, I jump on the Weeks and Macklin Homes  website, www.weeksmacklinhomes.com.au/homes.php

Funny, the housing displayed here seems normal. A nice 3 or 4 bedroom house for between $90K and $130K say.

Scroll down to “The Washington”…. from $151,000.

Wow, the plans show a kitchen, 2 bathrooms, laundry and FIVE bedrooms, lounge, family and a carport. Must be built out of hessian, that’s gotta be it!

Well, there must be a reason that we can’t use local builders, that we can’t tender these jobs out, that someone’s management fee is so exorbitant.

Bloody hell, you can get 2 substantial homes in Clare each on a large block for that much money.

When next you hear a minister say, “We spent a million bucks on you whingers our taxpayers!“, do your sums and ask, “Why’d we only get $300 grands worth?”

Talk about the bush getting the short end of the stick. They don’t even care that it’s so obvious….