A Little Outback Trip to Mt Augustus

 After leaving Carnarvon we spent a day and a half, mostly on dirt roads, driving to Mt Augustus.  The campground was very good, the weather a little warmer and the scenery spectacular.

We spent 3 nights camped there while we walked and drove around the area.  Mount Augustus is a monocline: a type of rock formation that leans, or 'dips' in a single direction. At 1700 million years old, it is three times older than Uluru and twice its size, making it the largest rock in the world.

On the way back to Carnarvon we visited the Kennedy Ranges to see Honeycomb Gorge and Temple Gorge.



Wildflowers along the Cobra-Dairy Creek Road on the way to Mt Augustus

There are thousands of budgerigars in this area.  We saw these at our lunch stop

Nearing Mt Augustus.  Some of the outback roads are really good.

One of our many walks

Camped at Mt Augustus campground

Aboriginal carvings under a rock in one of the gorges

More aboriginal carvings in one of the gorges

On another walk

Ghost gums in a dry creek bed

A the end of another gorge trail

Sunset at Mt Augustus


Honeycomb Gorge in the Kennedy Ranges

Enjoying fivsies at Temple Gorge

On the way back to Carnarvon we saw this goanna crossing the Ullawarra Road

Kennedy Ranges escarpment

The abandoned wool store at Merlinleigh Station

The remains of the 10 stand shearing shed at Merlinleigh Station

Wildflowers beside the Ullawarra Road on our way back to Carnarvon


Comments

  1. Willie28 August 2021 at 06:06

    Well done DJ. A very good summary with great photos
    Willie

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  2. Catherine28 August 2021 at 07:09

    Such an interesting place! Your great photos and informative blog brings it all to life for us armchair travellers. Thanks David.

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