article_snippet.sent: Sian Lloyd takes a ride ahead of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide (left) and meets a bouncy local kangaroo .
article_snippet.sent: Indeed, part of the reason for coming to sunny South Australia was to tick it off my bucket list.
article_snippet.sent: North of Clare is where the Outback truly begins.
article_snippet.sent: And that's where we were heading - to the rugged Flinders Ranges mountains.
article_snippet.sent: The Flinders have a stark beauty - the light on the rocks, the vegetation, the bouncing kangaroos, all make you feel as if you're a million miles from civilisation.
article_snippet.sent: If you want to do The Flinders in understated luxury, this is the way to do it.
article_snippet.sent: A view across Arkaba Station to Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, where the Outback truly starts .
article_snippet.sent: this was We first visit to Western Australia and to tag it on to the end of We holiday
article_snippet.sent: The landscape spelt out Western Australia.
article_snippet.sent: This includes car hire, four nights at the Adina Apartments in Adelaide, two nights at the Arkaba Homestead in Flinders Ranges, two nights' full-board on the Indian Pacific from Adelaide Perth (Gold Service) and three nights at the Cape Lodge, Margaret River.
article_snippet.sent: For further information visit australia.com, southaustralia.com and westernaustralia.com.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sian Lloyd visited Adelaide, Hahndorf and Clare Valley in South Australia .
  