Swept Away – The Steam Engine Driver

Old photos

Back in 1913, railways in the mid-north were integral to life in South Australia and were in full swing. This is a story of an accident that happened back then in a locality called Fords, north of Adelaide. A flash flood washed a goods train heading to Kapunda off the…

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Seeing South Australian Railway History by Drone

An old railway bridge

The best thing about exploring old South Australian railway lines is that there’s no timetables to follow. The old lines lie waiting to be discovered by a new audience. With a drone in my kit, they also lie waiting to be seen from new perspectives. Ever since I was a…

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Blog Update April 2020

Be a voice. Not an echo.

This post is a marker. It’s about the strange days we live in, where the Outdoorstype project is at and where it all may lead. I won’t bore anyone with the details of our current predicament, we’re all busy dealing with all the massive societal changes brought about by the…

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Winter Wrap Up

Be a voice. Not an echo.

Winter is always interesting. It’s my birthday (and V’s), it’s mid year break, and it’s cold and dark most of the time. It’s a time to refresh, reset and renew and I’ve been busy publishing many things. I had interview articles published in print in Fleurieu Forager. My reviews have been…

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