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An emu father and his adolescent offspring. In the emu world the male does the incubation; during this process he hardly eats or drinks and loses a significant amount of weight. The eggs hatch after around eight weeks, and the young are nurtured by their father. They reach full size after around six months, but can remain as a family unit until the next breeding season.
The Bookkeepers Hut and Motor House was built in 1853 and is the oldest surviving building on the Old Wilpena Station.
In 1888 it was valued at 35 pound 11shillings and 8pence ($71). It was at that time the Bachelors Hall Kitchen, serving the adjacent Bachelors Hall.
It later became the paymaster's Office, the Stations Office, and the Mail contractor's sleeping quarters.
The Motor House was used as sleeping quarters for farm labourers until it was adapted for use as a garage in the early 20th century.
A scan from a transparency I took in 1971 in the South Australian Flinders Ranges while on a bushwalk. A rainy day in the hills seemed to make the normally flighty kangaroos rather docile. We were able to slowly approach them a few steps at a time, this being the closest photo, taken with a 50mm lens.
The photo was published on tourist postcards and in a couple of magazines at the time.
Kanyaka Homestead.
This pastoral leasehold run was established in 1852 by Hugh Proby who disappeared shortly afterwards whilst returning from a visit to his Pekina Run near Orroroo. This was one of the very first leaseholds in the Flinders Ranges. The next leaseholder John Phillips (with Alexander Grant) had the many fine stone buildings erected in the late 1850s. It was a large and prosperous run except during drought years and provided employment for 70 men and their families. The drought in the 1860s saw the sheep numbers drop from 41,000 to 10,000. When the government resumed large parts of Kanyaka Run for agricultural settlement in the late 1870s, especially for towns like Wilson and Gordon which are now both ruined ghost towns, the run became unviable. Phillips just walked out of the leasehold in 1881 and the buildings were left to crumble. So the government closed down a viable sheep station for unviable wheat farms that caused untold heartache and agony for the farmers and their families. Wheat farms were never viable this far beyond Goyder’s line of demarcation between grain growing and pastoral regions. The station cemetery which is not accessible is across Kanyaka Creek. Dozens were employed on the run in its heyday and many died there too. The large woolshed catered for 24 shearers at once. The property buildings included: station homestead; overseers house; men’s kitchen and dining room; carpenter shop; stables; shearers’ quarters; various huts and sheds; blacksmith shop; cellars etc.
Yourambulla Aboriginal Caves Historic Reserve.
The name Yourambulla is derived from the Adnyamathanha phrase "yura pilla" meaning two men, and the name is related to the two peaks to the east of the painting sites. The caves here are the largest in the district. The paintings are done in ochre and charcoal. Some are paintings and some are stencils, of a small hand, for example. The symbols depicted were used in initiation and other ceremonies. Symbols include emu tracks, waterholes, camp sites, grave sites, ceremonial food sites etc. Some of the paintings are believed to be 600 or more years old, but others were retouched during Adnyamathanha ceremonies in the 1940s. This is a protected Aboriginal Heritage site.
Kanyaka Homestead.
This pastoral leasehold run was established in 1852 by Hugh Proby who disappeared shortly afterwards whilst returning from a visit to his Pekina Run near Orroroo. This was one of the very first leaseholds in the Flinders Ranges. The next leaseholder John Phillips (with Alexander Grant) had the many fine stone buildings erected in the late 1850s. It was a large and prosperous run except during drought years and provided employment for 70 men and their families. The drought in the 1860s saw the sheep numbers drop from 41,000 to 10,000. When the government resumed large parts of Kanyaka Run for agricultural settlement in the late 1870s, especially for towns like Wilson and Gordon which are now both ruined ghost towns, the run became unviable. Phillips just walked out of the leasehold in 1881 and the buildings were left to crumble. So the government closed down a viable sheep station for unviable wheat farms that caused untold heartache and agony for the farmers and their families. Wheat farms were never viable this far beyond Goyder’s line of demarcation between grain growing and pastoral regions. The station cemetery which is not accessible is across Kanyaka Creek. Dozens were employed on the run in its heyday and many died there too. The large woolshed catered for 24 shearers at once. The property buildings included: station homestead; overseers house; men’s kitchen and dining room; carpenter shop; stables; shearers’ quarters; various huts and sheds; blacksmith shop; cellars etc.
Kanyaka Homestead.
This pastoral leasehold run was established in 1852 by Hugh Proby who disappeared shortly afterwards whilst returning from a visit to his Pekina Run near Orroroo. This was one of the very first leaseholds in the Flinders Ranges. The next leaseholder John Phillips (with Alexander Grant) had the many fine stone buildings erected in the late 1850s. It was a large and prosperous run except during drought years and provided employment for 70 men and their families. The drought in the 1860s saw the sheep numbers drop from 41,000 to 10,000. When the government resumed large parts of Kanyaka Run for agricultural settlement in the late 1870s, especially for towns like Wilson and Gordon which are now both ruined ghost towns, the run became unviable. Phillips just walked out of the leasehold in 1881 and the buildings were left to crumble. So the government closed down a viable sheep station for unviable wheat farms that caused untold heartache and agony for the farmers and their families. Wheat farms were never viable this far beyond Goyder’s line of demarcation between grain growing and pastoral regions. The station cemetery which is not accessible is across Kanyaka Creek. Dozens were employed on the run in its heyday and many died there too. The large woolshed catered for 24 shearers at once. The property buildings included: station homestead; overseers house; men’s kitchen and dining room; carpenter shop; stables; shearers’ quarters; various huts and sheds; blacksmith shop; cellars etc.
The only window left intact in this abandoned house and it produced a magical rainbow. iPhone 7 Plus. Snapseed.
There are just so many rugged, dramatic, beautiful landscapes in the Flinders Ranges, but I think this was my favourite shot - taken on Parachilna Gorge Road.
Three angles on Ferguson Gorge, Moolooloo Station in the Flinders Ranges. Only accessible by 4wd along an at times quite rugged track and with paid admission.
Here we are just entering the Flinders Ranges National Park, we so enjoyed those views and the fact that it was so very green, like we had never seen before.
Wilpena Pound is a natural amphitheatre of mountains located 429 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, in the heart of the Flinders Ranges National Park. The Pound is the most northern point with access via a sealed road in this part of the Flinders Ranges. The closest town to the north is Blinman and to the south, Hawker.
Attempts at farming the Pound failed during the early 20th century. Following this the tourism potential was recognised in 1945.
YX141 stops for another photostop near Pichi Richi Pass while working a photographers charter special on the way back from Port Augusta on 24th June 2018
The Flinders Ranges // 2011 // Expired 600 Polaroids // Published in Ember Magazine Issue 0 // issuu.com/ember-magazine/docs/ember_issue0_issuu/27