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650 million years ago sediments dumped into a shallow, elongate basin known as the Adelaide Geosyncline then over time the rocks formed were pushed upwards and the rock strata was folded and fractured into the spectacular gorge cliffs. Ever since these have worn away, leaving only the harder sandstones and quartzite ridges.
Many thousands of years ago the Adnyamathanha Aboriginal people moved around the area according to the availability of food and water. They met for ceremonies. There is evidence that Aborigines from southern Queensland came here to trade for the ochre.
About 175 years ago the European explorers came looking for an elusive inland sea.
This is the highway running north from Hawker in South Australia's wonderful Flinders Ranges. It was just after a wet winter and the countryside was a lovely mix of soft greens in what can be a very hot and dry landscape. If you zoom in, you might see a few patches of a lovely purple flower known either as Pattersons Curse or Salvation Jane!
A new panorama crop of an old favourite. Please note map location data is a rough guess. Camera was the Pentax K7, and the lens was the Sigma 70-200.
Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday!
An early morning view, just after sunrise, looking towards the range that surrounds Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Rangers of South Australia.
The Flinders Ranges Way sweeps around the left hand bend before dipping down and sweeping up a small rise to the right before another left hand bend takes it from view and shortly after doing so it passes the famous Cazneaux Tree, a large river red gum.
This tree was placed on the National Trust of South Australia's Register of Significant Trees because of "its outstanding aesthetic beauty".
The tree was photographed in 1937 by Harold Cazneaux in a picture entitled "The Spirit of Endurance" which brought him international recognition.
The tree is now an important landmark and a tourist drawcard for the area, attracting photographers and artists.
Warren Gorge is an absolutely glorious spot in the Southern Flinders Ranges just outside Quorn. This area is off the main walking trail so not many people venture up here.
A small section of the outer wall of Wilpena Pound in South Australia's Flinders Ranges in the mid north. This image is a small section of an extremely wide stitched panorama of the whole range but at well over 30,000 pixels wide, the original panorama image was a little too big to view at its best with flickr's display size limit.
We had successfully made it from the Oodnadatta track back to the Flinders Ranges under the cover of darkness without any known kills (we did give a large Kangaroo a nudge however).
I had visited this location many years ago and was excited to get back to it for another take. When we arrived back it was late, cold and we were tired so after setting up the tent and getting a few hours sleep we were back up and ready for the spectacle that is Wilpena Pound at Sunrise.
View large and, as always, thanks for looking!
Selfie on Castle Rock near Hawker, South Australia with Mars at the top of the frame and the Milky Way. Sigma lens, processed in Lightroom.
sunrise light catching the bare limbs of an old white cypress pine ( Callitris glaucophylla ) near the trezona campground
ikara - flinders ranges national park, south australia
I often love to take a road less travelled, but on this trip through the Flinders Ranges near Wilpena Pound in South Australia's mid north, I encountered one small delay. Not a problem at all! Just pull over, turn off the engine and watch a little piece of Australiana drift slowly by.
Taken back in 2010 on an outback escape from the madness around me at the time. It was just what I needed.
Cazneaux Tree, named after a photographer Harold Cazneaux who named his photo of the tree "Spirit of Endurance"
from a hill in Flinders Range (South Australia)
We had already spotted Red and Western Grey Kangaroos, Euros, Emus....
Flinders Range is over 540 million years old and contains some of the world's oldest fossil evidence of animal life
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On this get away, I knew there is only one place to buy food in the National Park, so I cut some sandwiches, packed them in a plastic lunch box, and filled a thermos with coffee. Along the way I found a spot to stop for lunch, which is where I met the modern day descendants of the dinosaurs. Somehow it was appropriate in a landscape that were formed 635 million years ago.
No sooner had I unpacked my lunch and I was swarmed by a flock of Apostle Birds. They crowded around and onto my lunch box and meant to have my sandwiches. When I took one out to eat, they dive bombed me, trying to steal my food. Being a kind person, I shared my lunch, but they really meant to have it all for themselves.
The Apostle Bird (Struthidea cinerea) is a quick-moving, gray or black bird about 33 cm (13") long. It is native to Australia where it lives in woodlands, eating insects and seeds at, or near, ground level. They're also habituated to humans and will happily eat anything a human eats. They often travel in groups of about 12; hence the name Apostle Bird. They're intelligent, gregarious and socially co-operative.
Each group generally containing only one breeding pair, the rest being either their helper offspring, kin or unrelated adult birds. Most group members help construct a mud nest, share in incubation of the eggs, and defense of the nest. Once the eggs are hatched, all members of the group help feed the chicks and keep the nest clean.
Next time I'll pack loaves and fishes to feed the whole Apostle family.
A foggy dawn in the Lower Flinders ranges in South Australia's mid north. (Location data is approximate)
Happy Wonderful Tuesday Clouds!
The Flinders Ranges National Park encompasses some of the most spectacular scenery in South Australia, made famous by the paintings of Sir Hans Heysen.
The scenic center of the Flinders Ranges is Wilpena Pound, an 80-square-km bowl ringed by hills that curve gently upward, only to fall away from the rims of sheer cliffs.
Another shot taken from my first night in the Flinders Ranges.
I fell in love with this spectacular part of the world - everything about it appealed to me.
This is a shot of one of the many ruins strewed around the landscape and is symbolic of the genuine sense of remoteness felt whilst exploring the Flinders Ranges.
Press "L" to view this large on black and, as always, thanks for looking.
Mount Arden is on Argadells, a grazing property that offers tourist accomodation.
I was taken up to the summit of Mount Arden for sunset by the owners of the property.
pool in alligator creek, mount remarkable national park, southern flinders ranges, south australia
(for the record there are no alligators anywhere in south australia. well, there’s one in the zoo. no crocodiles, either.)
South Australian desert - aboriginal dreaming says this was caused by two giant serpents fighting - when you view it from the air it looks exactly like that.
This is looking southeast toward the beautiful lower Flinders Ranges from a high vantage point on Weeroona Island, just a little north of Port Pirie in South Australia.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
This Wedge-tailed Eagle is guarding a young kangaroo roadkill and has perhaps spied another predator closing in as the sun sinks ever lower.
Wedge-tailed Eagles are unique to Australia and is its largest bird of prey. They are highly aerial, known to soar for hours without wing beat and regularly reaching close to 6,000 feet or higher.