As the sun rose behind me a great shadow raced down from the distant ridge-top of the Elder Range. It was breathtaking the speed it moved but that was nothing to compared to the way it raced away from the base towards me across the eucalyptus and native pine scrub below. As the shadow got […]
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The beautiful Wilpena Pound is an ancient geological formation which looks like a giant crater and is something of a temperate oasis in the semi-arid Flinder Ranges. Off in the distance what appears to be a gentle saddle separating left and right sides is the incredible Edeowie Gorge. The small triangular peak a little to […]
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When I was thirteen years old I remember being on a walk in the Flinders Ranges and walking into a great big net spread between two trees. I also remember that it did not break and I had to extricated myself from it by walking out backwards. It was the web of a Golden Orb […]
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The southern wall of Wilpena Pound is fortified with the Rawnsley Bluff escarpment. Anyone approaching the pound from the south gets to watch it rise larger and larger until it looms above them on their left as they make their way up the eastern side. This region of South Australia is considered arid and only […]
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Arid region plants use all sort of tricks to remain hydrated for the months that separate quite often heavy downpours. These beautiful crystalline structures are not blades of grass but leaves of small shrubby bushes. Like pine needles the cylindrical tubular leaves seal in the water keeping the internal cellular workings in good shape through […]
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