The road north from the South Australian coast moves through several distinct worlds before reaching the ranges. Coastal industry gives way to flat open country, then to outback towns, then to ancient red rock rising without warning on either side of the road.
Filmed during autumn across Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Quorn and the surrounding countryside, the film focuses less on the destinations themselves and more on the experience of moving slowly through country that becomes increasingly remote and increasingly old.
Quorn sits at the foot of the ranges — a heritage railway town with wide streets, sandstone buildings and the Pichi Richi Railway running through its edge. The Stationmaster’s Residence stands as a quiet record of the people who built this line. Further north, Rawnsley Park Station arrives at the foot of the bluff that bears its name — the escarpment rising directly behind it, the red
plains stretching out ahead.
Locations featured
- Port Pirie
- Port Augusta
- Pichi Richi Railway
- Quorn Main Street
- Stationmaster’s House
- Rawnsley Park Station
- Flinders Ranges
- South Australia
About the journey
The moment the country changes north of Quorn is difficult to describe and easy to feel. The ranges don’t build gradually – they simply arrive. That transition became the reason this film exists.
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