Flinders Ranges

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! I had been told to how beautiful the Flinders Ranges are and it was even better than I expected.
It’s hard to describe how majestic these mountains are and how extensive they are. Wherever you go you seem to be surrounded by mountains. You cannot seem to capture their real beauty on a photo.
We stayed on the edge of Wilpena Pound which is a huge enclosure surrounded by mountains and the early settlers thought it would be a good place to enclose their live stock but they overstocked the area and were so devastated by drought that they had to abandon the enterprise. The whole area became very denuded in a short period of time.
We were able to walk into the Pound and view a shepherd’s hut and a climb up to a lookout and see one wall of the Pound but the only way to get the full extent of the enormity of it is to take a flight over it.
There are lots of huge river gums that line the creek bed near the campsite and pockets of pines are carpeted with green thanks to recent rains.
I have been a bit stuck on this blog and because I’m finding hard to describe adequately the beauty of this place so am going to post this to keep the continuity of the trip and then add to it when I have more time as I have more posts to do so sorry folks.