Thursday, August 30, 2012

Travel day - Blinman to Rawnsley Park

Wednesday 22nd August 2012

A lazy morning of packing, strolling around Blinman, exploring the Blinman mine and having coffee before setting out for Parachilna on the bus.




The tunnel sloping down into Blinman mine.

Timber supports in Blinman mine.

We had an enjoyable lunch at the Prairie Hotel at Parachilna.  The artwork on display at the hotel is well worth seeing.  Outside some strong winds were blowing and we got reports of a cold snap in Adelaide dropping the temperature to 9 degrees.



After lunch, it was back into the bus, cars etc and off to Rawnsley Park.  Setting up tents at Rawnsely Park proved to be difficult due to untimely rain and some strong wind gusts.  Greg Kelly, Cathy Kelly and Michael Brennan had almost finished setting up their site when the bad weather hit and they had to sit it out for a while as the storm passed.

Calmer weather in the evening at Rawnsley Park brought out the local wildlife and we saw plenty of birds and kangaroos.

Kangaroo with joey in pouch.





Day 3: Trezona Campground to Bunyeroo Gorge

Tuesday 21st August 2012


A new day and a new twist to the 'Reverse' theme.  The walk leaders became Mean Dortimer, Cleve Stift, and Seter Polomon, but somehow Michael Middleton remained just that. Mean unfurled another flag to lead us out for a beautiful day on the Treysen Hail.  Vohn Jugts was awarded the Morris Minus award and he made merry with Morris over the next two days.

We walked about 15 km, viewing some interesting geological sites and stopping at Yanyanna Hut for lunch.  The stockyards at Yanyanna Hut have been restored since my last visit with End-to-End 3 last year.  As always in the Flinders Ranges, the scenery was magnificent and the walk included several dry creek beds, undulating plains and Bunyeroo Gorge.


Mean Dortimer with his Treysen Hail flag.


Vohn Jugts gets the Morris Minus award.



Dry creek bed.


Into another dry creek bed.

Restored rails at Yanyanna Hut.





Heville Naar leads the way.

A gnarled old gum.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Morris Minus photo gallery 2012

Morris Minus 2012:

Keneatha Pick contributed these Morris Minus photos:

MM with Robert Alcock - by Keneatha Pick

MM with John Vugts - by Keneatha Pick

MM with Bill Pick - by Keneatha Pick

MM with Jane Haar - by Keneatha Pick

MM getting a wild ride. 

Oh no. Is MM to be another planking casualty?










Then came the bombshell on the weekend of 22nd - 23rd September, when Keneatha emailed the following controversial picture:



As author of this blog, I am duty-bound to question the authenticity of the photo circulated by Keneatha:

Firstly, I note that MM is not is his usual signature blue jacket.  No scarf either.  Such an obvious give away, opening the possibility of an imposter. So much so that I have to question whether this is MM or a poorly dressed stunt-double brought in to do the dangerous stuff that our own MM should not do given his new celebrity status.  At first glance, this photo appears to be more supportive for the case of the existence of a yeti than another illustration MM's extraordinary talent.  Judge for yourselves:

Is this the elusive yeti, or could it really our own MM???




Robert Alcock contributed these photos of Morris Minus:

MM loves a red wine or two - by Robert Alcock















Ingrid Hausmann contributed these photos of MM on the trail:
















John & Elizabeth Pratt reported by separate email that MM was enjoying his stay at their home and learning new skills.  I was so tickled by this I had to add their photos to the MM gallery.






Below are my photos of MM -

Peter


MM with Carol Clark - by Peter Solomon