Wilpena Pound and the Flinder's Ranges.
The name Wilpena comes from the local aboriginal, meaning “Place of bent fingers- or cupped hand”.
The formation was possibly first seen in 1839 by the explorer Edward Eyre. Many attempts were tried to farm the district, but all failed due to lack of rain and hot summers.
I captured this scene on Fuji Film back in the 1980’s, and the mountains on the horizon are the north western corner of the pound. The trees in the foreground are River Red Gums (“Wida”in the local dialect). This scene is a perfect example of outback Australia.
Uploaded on November 03, 2015