VIDEO: Australian Gravel – The Peterborough to Orroroo Loop – with Kangaroos & Drone Footage!

Peterborough is a former railway town in South Australia, founded in 1879. The town is located in the mid north of South Australia, on the southern edges of the Flinders Ranges. Once a bustling hub linking multiple railways with a large locomotive workshop, the town is a bit quieter nowadays. The railways mostly vacated town, although […]

Australia 2016: Railways, Ghost Towns & The Mid North

January 10, 2016 JOM Rides / Musings black rock south australia, magnetic hill orroroo, orroroo, orroroo south australia, peterborough, peterborough south australia, yatina south australia 4 Comments

January 8, 2016 – Today, I (JOM) decided to head far beyond the reaches of suburbia, and into the mid-north of South Australia, to an area that borders on the southern side of the Flinders Ranges. Today’s ride would begin in the South Australian town of Peterborough, a town steeped in railway history. The route […]