Mt Ive Station, Gawler Ranges S.A.

18/10/2026

Hmmm.. firey start to today! Might be rather sticky with shearing happening! Thanks again for the photo Linda!

17/10/2026

In they come for shearing & drafting off once again! Mustering on Mt Ive is done by bike, buggy & plane.... as you can see, it's a fantastic time to be out on the land. With lots of tracks & sites to see why not come & check out the Gawler Ranges for yourself.. we'll welcome you at Mt Ive.😊

16/10/2026

Relaxing ... no better place to be right now than in the outback with friends !

16/10/2026

The start of another warm day doesn't escape Linda! 😎

27/09/2026

Thanks once again to Rob for his interpretation of Lake Gairdner.. it truly is spectacular how ever you see it!

12/09/2026

I know the outback is putting on a show everywhere this year..... but we can't help but share a peak at a few of the beautiful wild flowers in bloom at Mt Ive .

11/09/2026

We have wonderfull people choose the road less travelled & come to stay at Mt Ive! Thank you for coming & especially for sharing your beautiful snapshots of our backyard in the Gawler Ranges.

The last fire always feels different.

Four days ago we arrived at Mt Ive Station, Gawler Ranges S.A. not really knowing what these few days would become.

Tonight, we’re sitting beside our last fire and somewhere between those two moments, this place got under my skin.

Could be it was seeing country I thought I knew transformed by rain. Red earth covered in green, water where water rarely stays, Lake Gairdner holding water when I’ve only ever known it as that vast white emptiness.

Maybe it was discovering some of the history here or it might have been it was simply having nowhere else we needed to be.

You wake up out here and somehow feel lighter. Whatever load you’ve been carrying hasn’t disappeared but for a while it feels a very long way away.

Days become wonderfully uncomplicated, drive a track, stop because something catches your eye, or talk to someone you’ve never met or watch the light change. Then you come back and light a fire again.

Tonight though, the fire feels different because tomorrow we leave, perhaps that’s how you know a place has given you something.

You leave with the same vehicle, the same gear and the same road home but somehow, not quite the same person who drove in four days ago.

Thanks Mount Ive, you’ve been bloody good to us.

Rob
Chief Overthinker
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