Day 118 Wednesday 10th August
It’s our Wedding Anniversary. Yah!! 31 years!
Today we went for a flight in a 6 seater plane over Wilpena Pound. The view was spectacular but the plane could have been a bit larger. I felt quite safe most of the time. We were only in the air for ½ hour but we did hit a few bumps. There were a few rain clouds around but these did not hinder the view of the Pound. These mountains are truly amazing.
We went to the resort for dinner last night and had a great meal, one of the best we have had so far.
Today we went on a loop drive up to Brachina Gorge, Bunaroo Gorge and Aroona Gorge and then came back to Wilpena. The mountains are fantastic with lots of Cypress Pine trees growing everywhere. There was some water in the creek beds. The River Red Gums grew beautifully along the banks of the dry creek beds. There were a number of places which had the ruins of pastoralists homesteads. One in particular was Hayward who left his property when the droughts came in the late 1850’s. There were a number of springs around for these pastoralists to obtain water. This drive is known as a geological drive through time as you can see the different types of rock which have been exposed including siltstone, limestone, sandstone etc.
Hans Heysen was a famous painter who painted many scenes from this area in the 1930’s. The Three Sisters was one such painting. Cazneaux was a photographer who photographed a tree in 1937 which became famous.
