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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It’s nice being able to share an experience of being somewhere wild and out of the way. That is why good landscape images are so compelling. It’s also fun to share the actual experience of being there with friends. This image is proof that Gavin actually did make it to the top in time to […]
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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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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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We had just settled into our campsite at Rawnsley Park Station in the Flinders Ranges. Gavin had organised a fire for the evening and the others had transitioned into r e l a x e d mode. and I was almost ready to join them. We were at the base of a gully with a […]
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