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1 - Road-trains of lorries on Stuart
Highway north from Adelaide |
2 -
Port Germein Jetty, longest
in Southern Hemisphere |
3 -
Estuary mud along shore-line
shallows of Spencer Gulf |
4 -
Australian Arid Lands Botanic
Gardens with semi-wild scrub-land |
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5 -
Desert setting of Arid Lands Botanic
Gardens
in afternoon sunshine |
6 -
Gecko scuttling around in desert
sand at Arid Lands
Botanic Gardens |
7 - Sturt's Desert Pea
(Swainsona
formosa) in its natural setting |
8 -
Cactus Pea bush (Bossiaea walkeri)
growing at Arid Lands Botanic Gardens |
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- Grass Tree (Yakka) (Xanthorrhoea
sp) growing at Arid Botanic Gardens |
10 -
Narrawa Burr (Solanum cinereum)
with vicious spines along leaf mid-vein |
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- Harlequin Mistletoe
(Lysiana exocarpi) |
12 -
Eucalyptus flowers and fruit,
growing at Arid Lands Gardens |
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13 -
Road to Quorn following railway
over bush-land hills of Pichi Richi Pass |
14
- Austral pub in outback
town of Quorn |
15 -
Photography from train
window on Pichi Richi Railway |
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- Approaching summit of
Pichi Richi Pass |
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17 -
Pichi Richi Railway passing
through Flinders hills |
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- View down length of train
amid the outback hills |
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- Working hard up steep
grade
of Pichi Richi Pass on return journey |
20 -
Grass Trees (Yakka) (Xanthorrhoea) growing across hill-side |
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21 -
4-8-2 locomotive W933,
built 1951
by Beyer-Peacock of Manchester |
22 -
Prominent bluff of Dutchman's
Stern, named by Matthew Flinders |
23 -
Grove of gnarled old Gum Trees
at Warren Gorge |
24 -
Proby's Grave amid broad, barren
grazing lands of Willochra Plain |
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25 -
Grave of Hugh Proby, Scottish
settler on barren lands of Willochra Plain |
26 -
Site of the failed settlement of
Simmonston on Willochra Plain |
27 -
Aboriginal waterhole of Kanyaka
and Proby's failed settlement |
28 -
Wonoka sheep station against
backdrop of Flinders hills |
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29 - Salmon pink sunset
after-glow
silhouetting trees along horizon |
30 -
Breakfast on a sunny morning at
Wonoka against Flinders Hills backdrop |
31 -
Whaleback ridge of Elder Range
viewed from Rawnsley Bluff look-out |
32 -
Outer face of southern Wilpena
Pound from Arkaba Hill look-out |
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33 -
Footpath up Sliding Rock Gorge
alongside Wilpena Creek |
34 -
Walking the bush-trail up Sliding
Rock Gorge alongside Wilpena Creek |
35 -
Dappled shade by Wilpena
Creek in Sliding Rock Gorge |
36 -
Gnarled old Gum trees
alongside Wilpena Creek |
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37 -
Residual pools of semi-stagnant
water in gorge bed of Wilpena Creek |
38 -
Eucalyptus groves growing
alongside Wilpena Creek bush-path |
39 -
Spyridium phlebophyllum, typical
plant of Flinders rocky ridges |
40 -
Path from Hills' Homestead up
to Wangara Lookout |
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41 -
Emerging above tree-line on path
to Wangara Lookout |
42 -
Scrub covered inner basin of
Wilpena Pound from Wangara Lookout |
43 -
Wangara Lookout with perfect
panorama of Wilpena Pound |
44 -
Wilpena Pound with its natural
covering of bush, woodland and scrub |
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45 -
Panorama over Wilpena Pound
from Upper Wangara Lookout |
46 -
Starting descent of Wilpena Pound
rim from Wangara Lookout |
47 -
Flock of Emus grazing on
Flinders hill-side scrub |
48 -
Distant Elder Range across
intervening bush-land |
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49 -
Dried up creek bed amid bush
grazing land by Wonoka dirt road |
50 - Flaringly pink dawn
sky over
Flinders hills at Wonoka sheep station |
51 -
Flock of pink and grey Galah
cockatoos soaring over Wonoka |
52 -
Wonoka's owner Peter McInnis showing us sheep-shearing shed |
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53 -
Conserved ruins of Proby's
homestead at Kanyaka |
54 - Grove of Eucalyptus
lining
dried creek bed at Kanyaka ruins |
55 -
Extensive size of Kanyaka
farmstead ruins |
56 -
Burial ground at Kanyaka ruins
with graves of settlers |
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57 -
Descending into the red
sandstone depths of Alligator Gorge |
58 -
Yakka grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea)
in Mount Remarkable National Park |
59 -
Stratified sandstone gorge walls
in Alligator Gorge |
60 -
Track along flat slabs in
sandstone bed of wooded gorge |
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61 -
Course of stream in eroded bed of
gorge under high sandstone cliffs |
62 -
Stratified sandstone gorge
walls
eroded by stream in times of spate |
63 -
Sandstone side-cliffs towering
100 feet high in Alligator Gorge |
64 -
Tree debris blocking narrows
in bed of Alligator Gorge |
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65 -
Eroded sandstone side walls
in Alligator Gorge narrows |
66 -
Grey Kangaroo in woodland
on slopes of Mount Remarkable |
67 -
White Cockatoos roosting in
Gum Trees near to Mount Remarkable |
68 -
Conserved colonial era buildings
in Burra |
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69 -
Restored remains of
Engine House
at Burra mining museum site |
70 - Morphetts Engine House at Burra
copper mine, restored in 1986 |
71 -
Flooded pit from 1870s open-cast
workings at Burra copper mines |
72 -
Mine adit shaft below Morphetts
Pumping Engine House |
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73 -
Turquoise-blue flooded workings
from 1870s open-cast mining |
74 - Tiered sides of
chalky debris around
1870s Burra open-cast mine workings |
75 -
Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia),
introduced to Australia from America |
76 -
Shingleback or Two-headed
Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) |
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77 -
Burra station on now closed
railway line, awaiting restoration |
78 - Pikes' Wines in Clare
Valley |
79 -
Paullets Wines in Clare Valley |
80 - Vines among the
western hills
of Clare Valley |
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81 -
Tasting at Jeannerets
Clare Valley Wines |
82 - Lookout among ancient
Gum Trees
at Spring Gully Conservation Park |
83 -
Looking out from Spring Gully
Conservation Park to western plain |
84 - Galah Cockatoos
roosting in Gum
Trees at Spring Gully Conservation Park |
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85 -
Evening western sun at
Eldridge Clare Valley Wines |
86 - Overview of 19th
century former
copper mining workings at Kapunda |
87 -
Remains of pumping engine-house
stonework at Kapunda copper mine |
88 -
Former pumping engine chimney
at Kapunda copper mine |
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89 -
Traces of green-blue copper-
bearing minerals in surface rock |
90 - Flooded workings and
spoil heaps
showing traces of copper minerals |
91 -
Open-cast copper workings and
spoil heaps at Kapunda mine trail |
92 - Classic Australian
Kangaroo
warning road sign |
