Tour Highlights
. . . . This tour will travel into the Flinders Ranges National Park
through the magnificent Bunyeroo and Brachina Gorges featuring a stop at
the renowned Razorback Lookout. Aspects of this area which will be
discovered include plant life, geology, and Aboriginal culture & plant
usage. As this is a half day tour, we will be trying to see as much as
possible therefore the pace will be swift but not rushed. |
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We will depart bright and early or after midday and
head towards the magnificent Wilpena Pound, passing the Elder Range and
Chace Range, which is a great opportunity for photography. Traveling
beneath the towering rugged cliffs of Wilpena Pound we enter the Flinders
Ranges National Park and into natural pine forests. Shortly after leaving
the sealed road passing through the ABC Range we head off towards Bunyeroo
Valley where we see remains of early settlement, continuing through more
native pine forests and bushland, opening out to beautiful views of the
walls of Wilpena Pound and down into the Valley of Bunyeroo Gorge. A stop
at one of my favourite lookouts, the Razorback Lookout, is the perfect
place for the geology of the area to be explained and to get an
appreciation of why the Aboriginal people find this such a special place.
Continuing down into Bunyeroo Gorge we are presented
with some quick photo opportunities and the possibility of spotting
wildlife such as Wedge Tailed Eagles, Kangaroos, Emus, Reptiles and other
animals native and non-native to the area. Then we will travel between the
Heysen and ABC Range, often referred to as "The Backbone of the Flinders
Ranges", through Bunyeroo Valley and into the large tree-lined creek beds
of Brachina Gorge which has been named "The Corridor Through Time" due to
the sedimentary layering and uplifting from the period between 520 and 640
million years ago. The geology will include meteorite debris from 480
million years ago, stromatolites which are some of the earliest algae
formed in the world, and fossiled plant and animal life from the Ediacaran
Period. In Brachina Gorge, if we are lucky, we could spot a rare and
endangered Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby. Once again as mentioned above in
the summary this is a half day tour and we will be trying to see as much
as possible therefore the pace will be swift but not rushed.
Price: $125.00 p/person ( GST
Incl)
Price includes: Morning or Afternoon Tea (Tea/Coffee, Biscuits &
Cake), National Park fees
Duration: Approximately 4 hours
Special arrangements can be made to take 2 Passengers in the
quieter months
TOURS RUN ALL YEAR ROUND WEATHER PERMITTING |