Photographs of the Flinders Ranges: Rawnsley area

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The Flinders Ranges are a group of scenic mountain ranges in the dry north of the state of South Australia.

Rawnsley Park is just south of Wilpena Pound, which is the centre of Flinders Ranges tourism. The beautiful Moralana Creek drive is in the same area.

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Contact: David K. Clarke – ©

Written 2007/08/04, last edited 2021/12/28

Ulowdna
The southwest escarpment of the Wilpena Range from the top of the relatively low Ulowdna Range. Some of the best views of the Wilpena Range can be had from Rawnsley Park.


Elder sunrise
The newly risen sun is peaking through clouds and catching parts of the Elder Range. Ulowdna Range in the foreground.
Rainbow falls
The remarkably brightly coloured rocks of Rainbow Waterfall.

(There is a waterfall only shortly after rain.)




Pine at Rainbow falls
This native cypress pine clings to the cliff at Rainbow Falls.

These trees are one of the defining features of the central Flinders Ranges.



Twidale Top
The hill in the sunshine is Twidale Top (named after the geomorphologist who explained how it came to form). The Wilpena Pound Range is in the background with Rawnsley Bluff on the right.


Wilpena sunset
Looking toward the southwest escarpment of the Wilpena Range from the Ulowdna Range near sunset.




Wipena sunset
Again, from the Ulowdna Range toward the Wilpena Range at sunset.


Elder sunrise
The Elder Range catches the first rays of sunlight for the day


Elder sunrise
Four minutes after the above photo was taken the sun was shining on the Ulowdna Range and the scene changed markedly.


Pound view
A view from the Moralanna Creek road


Pound view
From the bottom end of the Moralanna Creek road




Pound view
Wilpena Range from the western end of the Moralanna Creek road, near sunset


Pound view
It was good of the pastoralist to put the windmill right there!


Rawnsley cart
An old cart on the road in to Rawnsley Park


From Ulowdna The view from one of Rawnsley Park's trails