Appealinna Ruins

Overview

About Appealinna Ruins

Why stop

Pastoral and mining remains give the site two distinct stories.

Heads up

The ruins are scattered, with no single intact building to explore.

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Where it is

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Plan your stop

Before you go

Getting there

The access turnoff is about 1 km north of the Wirrealpa turnoff on Blinman Road; the final approach has been described as roughly 3 km on dirt. Current track conditions aren’t confirmed, so check before setting out. I couldn’t verify current toilet, drinking water or food availability; plan for a self-contained stop.

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Ikara-Flinders Ranges Tour Guide

Your drive to Appealinna Ruins, narrated.

Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.

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The Water Between Appealinna’s Ruins

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“The ruins at Appealinna sit on both sides of a creek for a reason. In 1856, pastoralist Joseph Wills built his homestead and stockyards on the south bank. Copper miners settled on the north bank soon after.”

Plays on the road 2.6 km from Appealinna Ruins in the Parkwolf Ikara-Flinders Ranges Tour Guide.

More about Appealinna Ruins

A creekside historic siteAppealinna is a spread-out collection of pastoral homestead and copper-mining ruins, with stone…

Appealinna is a spread-out collection of pastoral homestead and copper-mining ruins, with stone remains on both sides of a creek. Joseph Wills built the homestead and stockyards here in the 1850s. You’ll find roofless walls and traces of the miners’ settlement rather than one restored building.

Look aroundThis is a good stop if you like reading a place through what’s left of its stonework.

This is a good stop if you like reading a place through what’s left of its stonework. Look for the flat stone quarried here and compare the different building remains across the creek. The appeal is the contrast between the working homestead and mining settlement; if you need one intact landmark, the ruins are modest and scattered. For photos, include some open scrub around the broken walls so the site feels as spread out as it is.

Wildlife

Wildlife in Ikara-Flinders Ranges

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68 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleMost seen around 10 AMSighting map

104 sightingsShort-beaked EchidnaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map

64 sightingsRed KangarooMost seen around 5 PMSighting map

219 sightingsCommon WallarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map

55 sightingsWestern QuollMost seen around 6 PMSighting map

47 sightingsCommon Brushtail PossumMost seen around 6 PMSighting map

Sighting maps show where each species has been reported across Ikara-Flinders Ranges. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.