I arrived in Adelaide in 1987. That’s probably why I don’t remember seeing a railway line down Semaphore Road. It’s only been closed since 1978 but today you’d never know Semaphore had a busy railway line running down the main street with three stations. One station is still there today.... The post A Trip Through Time on the Old Semaphore Line appeared first on Outdoorstype ..read more

There was once a short lived branch line in the river land that was completed but never used. The Chowla line was built in the 1960s in preparation for the Chowilla Dam project in South Australia. Information is hard to come by so I’ll share what I have found with you here. Scroll to the end of the article for the YouTube video. Chowilla Dam was to be a massive water storage project on the Murray River near the Victorian border in the 1960s. A dam wall nearly 6 km long was to be built in South Australia, but the water behind it would have stretched upstream into Victoria and New South Wales ..read more

The 2022/2023 River Murray flood event in South Australia is surpassed only by the 1931 and 1956 floods. RIVER MURRAY FLOODS FAST FACTS: Peak flow rate at SA/VIC border – 22/12/2022 @ 185,860 ML/Day (1956 – 314,000 ML/Day / 1931 – 220,000 ML/Day) Agricultural land area affected – 4000 hectares Homes inundated in SA – @ 3500 (10% primary residences) Levee failures – 14+ I travelled the length of the river in South Australia in December 2022 and January 2023 from the Victorian border to Murray Bridge to capture this once in a lifetime event. Check out the videos below: Do you have any infor ..read more

Waikerie Waikerie, Loxton, Moorook, Barmera, Berri, Glossop, Renmark, and Paringa. All these riverland towns were once connected to Adelaide by rail, but you wouldn’t know it now. Let go exploring and have a look at what these old lines look like in 2022. Before European settlement, the First Peoples of the River Murray and Mallee Region were the Ngaiawang, Ngawait, Nganguruku, Erawirung, Ngintait, Ngaralte & Ngarkat people. Renmark was established in 1877 and other irrigation settlements grew quickly. The area was allotted for soldier settlements following both World Wars and today around ..read more

16 years experience running stores isn’t enough. Seven years studying writing, media, and graphic design isn’t enough. Running your own outdoors website and socials for eight years isn’t enough. Writing nearly 500 freelance articles isn’t enough. 50 YouTube videos isn’t enough. I don’t know what is enough. Sorry but I can’t help you. The post How Much Retail, Outdoor, Camping, Travel, Footwear, and Apparel Product Knowledge Do I Need to Work for an Outdoors Web Store? appeared first on Outdoorstype ..read more

We’re going to explore the Hoyleton to Port Wakefield railway line. This section of railway line is significant because the bit we’re looking at eventually became part of two important South Australian railway lines. There’s a lot that’s confusing about the web of mid-north railway lines – hopefully this post helps explain them a little bit. History Originally opened as a horse drawn and gravity operated tramway from Hoyleton through Balaklava to Port Wakefield in 1871, the narrow gauge line was soon upgraded to steam engines in 1876 and extended to Blyth. The Balaklava to Moonta line was form ..read more

VIDEO COMING SOON – CHECK BACK IN A COUPLE OF DAYS! Back in 1913, railways in the mid-north of South Australia were an integral part of life and were in full swing. This is a story of a railway accident that occurred in 1913 near Fords, north of Adelaide. A steam engine leading a goods train to Kapunda was washed off an embankment by a flash flood. The driver, William Critchley, was swept away and killed. We owe him and many other railwaymen like him a debt of gratitude. Railway accident, Fords [B 10166] Just after half past 5 in the afternoon on the 13th of February 1913, a huge storm passed ..read more

The best thing about exploring South Australian railway history by drone is that there’s no timetables to follow. They just lie there waiting to be discovered by a new audience. Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved riding trains and watching trains go by. Back then, railways and trains were these big and impressive things that seemed like they would always be there. I grew up on the East coast and now live in Adelaide. I watched railways grow busier all around the country in the late 20th century as South Australia’s railway lines steadily declined. There’s lots to unpack around what abandoned ra ..read more

Here’s a snapshot and analysis of the mediascape as it pertains to pay per click (or revenue share) writing and self-publishing. The focus is on how much effort and income can be expected when participating in this sub-genre. The discussion is situated within the wider genre of freelance writing with statistics and academic insights. While it does make comparisons with other forms of writing , the main analysis is limited to the pay-per-click style of writing. I’ll explain the terminology and the platforms commonly involved with this form of freelance writing. Research and analysis of digital ..read more

In this article I’m going to take you on a walk through the Milang Railway Museum and the South Australian Light Railway Centre. History Milang Railway Station opened in 1884 as the terminus of a branch line from the Victor Harbor Line. It thrived for a while but the river trade was in decline by the time the line was completed. Rail services dwindled until the station closed in 1970 and virtually all traces of the station were removed.  A committed band of volunteers stuck by the idea of restoring the precinct one day as a railway museum and they rebuilt it all, bit by bit, until the new ..read more