Our accom in the morning

St Mary’s Peak – highest in the Flinders Ranges

Emu crossing

Wallaroo

The south-eastern end of Wilpena Pound

Red kangaroos

Wedge-tailed eagles

Bunyeroo Valley Road

Lilies abundant on moist embankments

Emu flock/gang/mob

Again no road sense

The Razorback road

Subaru from the Razorback Lookout –  I was passed at one stage by a white Toyota Prado – yes, CC, I can hear you gloating.

Patterson’s curse

Bunyeroo Valley

Daisies

Sida

Brachina Gorge

Yellow-footed rock wallaby

Western side of the ranges

Echidna near Brachina Gorge

“What! Only on the 5 cent piece! Surely I was worth the dollar. Show-off kangaroos –  “look at me, I can hop, I can hop””

Rain in the gorge

Brachina Gorge road – mostly excellent from  a recent grade but very slow in places where the road runs along and across the creek – lots of small boulders to negotiate.

Western end of the gorge with scree slope and a colony of yellow-footed rock wallabies

The impressive tail

Tilted strata

Making our way through the gorge

Highlight of the day – fossil worm burrows – the rocks in the gorge contain some of the oldest known fossils on earth.

View from the western side

Last crossing of Brachina Creek

Wilpena Pound from Brachina lookout

The continually changing light

View north from the same spot

The road out to the Outback Way

Galahs near Parachilna

The heavens open

Surveyor Memorial for the Overland Telegraph Line

Approaching Hawker

Corellas at Hawker

A night on the local telecommunications

Brilliant light after the rain

Elder Range and Wilpena Pound

Time around the fire after dinner (waiting for washing).