A pre-breakfast drive gave us morning light on Rawnsley Bluff

Wilpena Homestead and Wangara Lookout

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August 23rd 2014
It was another glorious day so why not another glorious walk? Following the Wilpena Creek to the Pound we walked beside the densely gum lined waterway. Large fallen trees wedged against the trunks of others were evidence of tougher times past. A bushfire in 1988 burnt many trees and weakened others. Followed by a flood in 1989 many of the weakened trees toppled and were washed down the cre ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia

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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