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Many of you have probably crossed over the Pichi Richi railway line on the way to Quorn and the Flinders ranges passing the old town site which now is just farming paddocks.   The farmers paddock where the old hotel stood still has some remains of the concrete gutters which surrounded the hotel.  Need permission to enter the paddock though from the owners.

Bullock teams started using Saltia creek as a stopover from about 1859 when the hotel was built.  The town died when the railway line came through and the bullock teams were no longer needed or stopped at Saltia.

One of my grandfathers was born there (Kilpatrick/Perry family tree, Saltia and Kapunda).

Maureen McColl a Quorn Historian and resident supplied the photo's to me some time back.

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I have been to Quorn in the early 70's about 74 I think, And had a ride on the Pichi Richi railway. I am a bit of a steam buff as I worked on the steam as a fireman early 60's till they finished in NSW.

I would love to go back, which we will and thanks for the interesting read.

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Thank you Vic41 - great story - have been out that way and had a ride on the Pichi Richi railway.

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Cheers Vic

We are on our way out there next week so will have a look and get some photos.

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Besides the ground level ruins of the hotel gutters there is not a lot to see as it is all farming paddocks now.

There was a tin sign saying Site of the Saltia Township or something just before you go over the railway line (or creek?) not sure what is there now though.

When I was researching some family history I couldn't find Saltia in the Post Code directories not realising it no longer existed.  As well as Quorn there is some info on it at the Pt Augusta Museum/Info Centre.

Here is an extract from my paternal grandfather's diary on Saltia;

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Heading there this Friday for the weekend, doing the Afghan Express Saturday. Our daughter and family live there so we have frequented through Saltia a few times, interesting reading about it.
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Thanks for the interesting information about Saltia Vic.  We drove through there several times when we were working in the Flinders back in 2012.



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SA and the Flinders Ranges area is such an interesting place, and I often wondered about the history of some of the ruins on the way out, I have read some info on some of them but not all, the place just reeks of history....





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Google "Goyder Line". Fascinating bit of history about SA.....  You will start to understand why there are so many ruins.



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Thanks Dunmowins, (or is that the "Dusty Dunmowins", LOL). wink smile

I will check that out smile 

 



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Not too dusty, have been on the tar since Charters Towers..... (but waiting for a really good downpour to wash the van)



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I take my hat off to your both, you are real "Grey Nomads" and your trip experiences and travels are a real inspiration. smile 

I read this Wiki link on the Goyder's line and he was a remarkable man, also a link further below on his life etc;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goyder's_Line 

http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/goyder.htm 



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