Peake Telegraph Station Ruins SA Oodnadatta Track

Good video, Paul.

Adam Plate’s signs are suffering rapidly now. Any 4WD sign writers about, or some folk with an artistic bent, that could restore some of them to their informative best?

Would need to be Dulux!

Bob

Thanks Bob
It’s been a few years now since I have been there, We camped their years ago & the kids still laugh about it now as in one night we had Donkeys run thru the camp, then we had a hell of a dust storm, & then we had one big wet thunder storms & just as we started back out on the track to leave a camel ran into us & we were stopped at the time
We spent hours walking all over & up to the mines etc., the track in looks a lot better now, Thanks again, brings back some great memory’s & there were no drones to capture the place back then.

Peake a must see if your interested in history or your looking for somewhere to stop , one of my favorite spots !
imagine how tough that would be to work & live there ....

Hi Paul

Another great video and thanks again for sharing.

Life must have been very hard out there and like any remote location, we always try to visit the cemetery's and they alone tell of the tragic events that happened in these out of the way places. And the incredible work of the builders to construct all those grand buildings from the local stone, it was a real credit to them and they have stood the test of time and still standing nearly 150 years later.

Not sure if you went to the old cemetery opposite the main ruins and on the side of a hill, but they were worth the walk.

We could see 3 graves there, and this grave of poor George Joseph Rolland died out there at Peake on the 14th July 1887 at the very young age of only 28.

For those that have not been out there, the detour is all worth the drive.



Cheers


Stephen

I camped the night there last year passing by
supprising how big the outpost was .worth the drive in
cheers mechpete

Paul
Another great video,l was there16yrs ago and the only way to find the entry gate was Adams pink sign. If you were not watching you would miss the turn off. l see now there is a big sign to let you know where the turn off is taking away some of the adventure of finding such places years back.Todays traveller now has it alot easier to find such places and learn about Australian history not only here but many other as well. When we went to Bourke and Wills most northern camp in the Gulf, my directions where x km from Normanton you will find two tyre tracks to the left off the road. Follow these and you find the tree. Today it's signed the same way as old Peake Ruins.

Murray