Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Sees the Flinders Ranges u0026 Eyre Peninsula for the 1st Time!" video.

  1. Flinders Ranges, including Wilpena Pound are definite visitor must see. Great 7.5hr hike around Wilpena Pound from camping ground through old homestead, over Ridge rim, back to camping ground is great day trip. Driving north you can see fossils from 300 to 400 million years ago in the Rocks. Further north the ranges are called Gammon Ranges, where is located a nice nature reserve/resort Arkaroola, with everything from camping ground to cabins to stay in . Have nice pool and good restaurant. Lots of hiking and driving trails, and can provide tours by 4WD, and even flight in a Cessna. I have been there many times for annual Star Party, Astronomy gathering, they have observatory access for visitors interested. The resort is managed by Margret and Doug Sprigg who as babies accompanied their parents on the 1st ever 4WD crossing of the Simpson desert, in a 1960s Nossan Patrol.. Further north via either Strezlecki track or from north west side of Ranges and town of Maree, the Birdsville track, either gets you to Birdsville entry point to the massive Simpson Desert, a trip of over 750km west via dune after dune, and claypans that definitely are a 4WD trip target for many, best only done as groups of vehicles. West you get to Oodnadatta. Also reachable by dirt road south of actual desert from Maree, along that road you can return also to main Sturt Highway at Coober Pedy. So lots of long trip possibilities. Also from Maree or other small towns on the road light aircraft or 4WD travel do not miss the huge lake Ayre, that most of the time is dry salt pan, but can fill with water run down from central northern Queensland. With water it becomes a massive haven and breeding ground for many birds including pelicans. Lake Ayre is actually many meters BELOW SEA LEVEL, so if the land down near Port Augusta were breached the ocean would flood in making a salty inland sea covering a big chunk of the inland SA. On swimming at Ayre Penninsula the waters even to beaches at Adelaide, there are many White Pointer sharks, and for Australia among the highest incidence of shark attacks, though the past few years have been worse elsewhere. Where there are seals, expect sharks are there too. Dolphins may be safer, as they do attack the sharks if such get close, but on the whole take care swimming in those SA waters.
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