The sunset colours of Arkaroola – magnificent .
While the access tracks are closed to the general public , the sheer size of the talc mine is impressive . High-grade talc was mined here from 1949 until a few years ago .
Passing the talc mine access tracks , the Mount Freeling Road turned into a rough 4WD track with sharp and rough dry creek beds and plenty of ruts , until I came across the ruins of Mount Fitton homestead . These ruins dated back to 1870 when it was a successful sheep station through the 1920s . Around the old homestead , there was plenty to see . It ’ s hard to imagine what life was like out there nearly 100 years ago . In the distance , I could see the remains of an old copper mine and where a test of explosives was conducted .
HEADING TO ARKAROOLA
It wasn ’ t long before I left Mount Freeling Station . Passing through a gate , I was in Moolawatana Station , where my next stop was Hamilton Creek .
This creek is not just a waterhole that often has a number of waterbirds ; it ’ s actually a geological feature of the Flinders . This is Terrapinna Waterhole , which was close to the south pole about 133 million years ago , when Australia and Antarctica were nearly joined . Over a complex number of years and different periods , glacier activity had been found near the waterhole through examinations of the rock layers and sampling .
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