Tarcoola – abandoned railway town, back of nowhere.
By AndrewMy local 4WD Club organised a one week trip out to Maralinga and the bomb sites. Although I was unable to take the week off I decided to tag along for a night at Tarcoola.
We left Whyalla at 8am Saturday morning with 9 vehicles in the group. At Iron Knob we met up with the tenth vehicle, driven by Trevor Mk2.
From Iron Knob it was dirt, gravel, sand, clay and salt flat all the way to Tarcoola.
A couple of vehicles in the group
Mount Ive entrance ornament
My setup for the trip. Swag would have made more sense……
West side of Lake Gairdner
Pub stop at Kingoonya
Abandoned gold mine at Tarcoola
Wilgena Pub at Tarcoola, sadly closed for a few years now
Sunset at Tarcoola railway station
Abandoned church at Tarcoola
Piano tuner required
Old railway cottages at Tarcoola
After 31 hours, 620kms of dirt and 430 of boring black stuff I was back home in Whyalla. The rest of the group continued on their trip to Maralinga.