4
Stages
~95
Total km
South Australia
State
Contour
Organiser
2024
Since
moderate
Difficulty
4 stages across South Australia
The roads
Four gravel stages through the ancient gorges and creek beds of the Flinders Ranges. Quality gravel roads, world-class scenery, no traffic. Best in spring and autumn - avoid summer.
The event
No rally event. The Flinders Ranges gravel roads have been driven by overlanders, motorcyclists and touring drivers for decades. Brachina Gorge is one of Australia's most recognised geology drives - the rock layers exposed in its walls span 650 million years. The loop through Bunyeroo and Aroona connects three distinct landscapes: creek bed, gorge and open range country. Stock AWD vehicles handle these tracks in dry conditions.
4 stages
Stage 1 - Brachina Gorge
40 kmThe showpiece stage of the Flinders Ranges Loop. A 40-kilometre geology drive from Parachilna through a gorge where the rock strata span 650 million years of Earth's history.
Stage 2 - Bunyeroo Valley
34 km2.4Connects the Blinman Road to the Brachina Gorge road via 25 kilometres of gravel through the western Flinders Ranges. Open terrain with yellow-footed rock wallabies common at dawn.
Stage 3 - Aroona Valley
7 kmThe most historically grounded stage in the Flinders Loop. A 7-kilometre spur road from the Brachina Gorge road to the ruined Aroona Station homestead, established in the 1850s.
Stage 4 - Rawnsley Park
35 km6.0The closing stage of the Flinders Loop. Thirty-five sealed kilometres from Hawker north along the southern face of the Wilpena Pound walls to Rawnsley Park Station.
Start from the beginning
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