The 2022/2023 River Murray flood event in South Australia is surpassed only by the 1931 and 1956 floods. RIVER MURRAY FLOODS FAST FACTS: I travelled the length of the river in South Australia in December 2022 and January 2023 from the Victorian border to Murray Bridge to capture this once…
South Australia once had a network of broad and narrow gauge railway lines that made the development of the state possible. Gradually, for all but the heaviest and largest loads, road transport took over the task and the end for most of the lines came in the 60s, 70s and…
Outdoorstype explores the old railway line from Monarto South to Sedan in 2021. The Sedan line was a branch of the main south line from Adelaide. Beginning at Monarto South, It ran 70 kilometres north to Sedan and opened in 1919. It had eight stations and goods sidings. These days,…
A long abandoned railway line in the Adelaide Hills is now a popular bike trail. The Balhannah to Mount Pleasant line was opened in September 1918 and ran north through the Adelaide hills until 1963. That’s not a long life for a railway line. Big parts of it have been completely…
The Australian Defence Force doesn’t always do airshows… RAAF Base Edinburgh hasn’t hosted an airshow for years and this one was the first opportunity to check out the F-35 Lightning in Adelaide. The base also hosts a huge army presence which was well represented. There was so much going on…