Who’s up for some FTF’s down at Quorn …

Having some internet access at Leigh Creek, there were 7 new caches just published 170 kms south at Quorn on Argadells Station. A quick “Who’s up for some First to Finds” and there was 9 of us in 3 cars on our way south for a couple of hours with some stops on the way for other caches.

One of the stops was at Hawker where there is a seismograph and it was possible to see the earthquakes that occurred in Samoa and Indonesia in the last week. There was even a second quake at Samoa the night before.

The scenery was getting greener the further south we went – obviously a lot more rain here than the Northern Flinders. We arrived at Argadells and spoke with the Station Owner to see if they knew about the caches and she said that the hider was still here and was publishing another cache. We met up with Jenkoz then headed out in 2 cars as it was $45 a car to go on the 4WD track where the caches were located.

The track had it all with narrow sections which made it interesting when passing oncoming traffic, steep sections both up and down and some switchbacks. I left my 4WD back at the homestead and Bradley and I rode with Freddo. Some of the tracks put him through his paces and I had to do some impromptu instruction in 4WD techniques. Lunch was on top of Mt Arden with spectacular views to Quorn to the south and Lake Torrens to the west. You know summer is on its way as we saw a 1m brown snake while driving through.

One of the group hid another cache. We parted company with the group, and headed back north to meet up with the Scout families we were to spend the rest of the week with.

Our journey took us back to Parachilna and into the Parachilna Gorge to our campsite for the night. Andrew was already setup – he had been there for a day. After setting up camp, we headed into the Prairie Hotel at Parachilna for tea and to experience a Parachilna sunset. I had a Roadkill Pizza and Bradley had pasta – his favourite. Back to camp and time around the campfire before hitting the sack.