To
the traveller.........
You are now entering the historic pioneer
way of our early settlers.
Just 75km north of Clare you enter the Rocky
River Valley at Gladstone, a major crossroads with Burra and
Jamestown to the east, Highway One and Crystal Brook to the west. From
Gladstone you travel north through the town of Laura situated
on the banks of the Rocky River.
The tiny village of Stone Hut is just 7kms
north of Laura and is the home of the Old Bakery. From Stone Hut you can access a bitumen
road all the way to Jamestown in the east.
Just 7kms north of Stone Hut the township
of Wirrabara is situated on the banks of the Rocky River with
its beautiful and historic forest. Continuing north along
the pioneer way you reach the crest of the Port Germain Gorge
at Murraytown and then on to Melrose at the foot of Mt. Remarkable.
With the Flinders foot hills to the west
you now enter the Beautiful Valley and finally the township of
Wilmington at the northern extremity of the pioneer way. Wilmington
is a crossroads with Orroroo and Broken Hill to the east, Quorn
and Wilpena to the north and Port Augusta through Horrocks Pass
to the west.
Spear Creek Country,
west of Wilmington
 
Country lane, Stone Hut Big
gums at foot of Mt. Remarkable
.
Wirrabara Forest Stables at the original "Stone Hut"


Golden wheat fields at the foot of Mt Remarkable

Old Bakery shop


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