Category: geology
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Kingsmill Creek + Arkaroola reef

As it was mentioned in this earlier post we spent the afternoon of our last full day in the semi-arid mountainous landscape of the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park walking in the Kingsmill Creek Gorge. The creek is accessed from the road to the Paralina Hot Springs, which I haven’t been to. We had been to…
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Acacia Ridge + yellowcake

Tuesday July 26th was our last full day of walking in the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park. The plan was to make an early start, walk Acacia Ridge, have morning coffee at Arkaroola Village, walk back to the car along the Arkaroola Rd, have lunch amongst the river gums in the creek bed of Kingsmill Creek, then…
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Italowie Creek Walk

We drove the 30 or so kilometers on the Gammon Ranges Road from the Nudlamutana Hut to the Italowie Gap campsite going past Balcanoona Station and the nearby Echo cliffs. I spent a bit of time wandering around the Gap taking photos of the traces of pastoralism before we started our walk to the gorge…
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Kingsmill Creek + Tillite Gorge

Day 6 involved driving up the road to Paralana Hot Springs, a walk along Kingsmill Creek, Arkaroola Creek and Tillite Gorge.