IMG_0562 Walking to the lookout

Day 12 Rawnsley Station

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May 29th 2013
Today we drove out to Wilpena Pound. We did the hike to Wangarra Lookout which took 3hours. We packed a picnic lunch and had our picnic up at the lookout. The lookout provided lovely views over Wilpena Pound. Along the walk was the Hills Homestead. There was a lovely write up about the family that used to live there and grow wheat, in Wilpena Pound. We returned to the vans and had a bit of ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more