Wilpena Pound

Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

 The iconic Wilpena Pound, with it’s fascinating geology and it’s weather extremes … don’t visit in summer … it’s hot! Thriving stations … and ruins of dreams. Flinders Ranges … wild, rugged, … inviting. Go explore it one day!

The idea of this page is to give you a feel for what Wilpena Pound is like. A series of pics of the things you are likely to see if you were to visit. With thanks to Jeanne Grant Webb who made these pics available.

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Ancient rugged landscape at Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Ancient rugged landscape at Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb
A rugged walk track, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
A rugged walk track, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb

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Trees well adapted to arid life in the rugged land of Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Trees well adapted to arid life in the rugged land of Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb
Two images of rock art in Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Two images of rock art in Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The age or origin of this rock art is uncertain.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb
Two images of rock art in Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Two images of rock art in Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The age or origin of this rock art is uncertain. I reckon that the guides on a guided tour of this area would know.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb

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Scrubby trees cling to life on the stony cliff face, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Scrubby trees cling to life on the stony cliff face, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb
A cave in the rocky cliff face. Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
A cave in the rocky cliff face. Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. I wonder what its significance was to the Aboriginal inhabitants who lived here before the Europeans came?
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb
Golden Orb Weaving Spider, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Golden Orb Weaving Spider, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Orb weaving spiders make suspended, sticky, wheel-shaped orb webs in openings between trees and shrubs where insects are likely to fly. They can protect themselves and their webs from birds by placing sticky threads on either side of the web.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb

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Aboriginal sculpture in Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Aboriginal sculpture in Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. I don’t know much about this sculpture, and have not been able to find out much either.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb
Old building, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Old building, Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Copyright © Jeanne Grant Webb

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Aussie Stories - telling about Australia in words and pictures

Aussie Stories - telling about Australia in words and pictures

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