At 9.03 am we were walking uphill, but easily.
Less than half an hour later, we would be inside Wilpena Pound.
The pictured “grass trees” are neither grasses nor trees.
Xanthorrhoea is an Australian endemic genius of circa 30 species of flowering succulents.
Unsurprisingly, we were taking the easiest route to the pound; on a cool winter’s day any able-bodied human would have no great difficulty in completing some version of this circuit walk, from Wilpena’s resort and/or campground.
Discover more about the walking circuit, here.
Click this to learn more about Xanthorrhoea.
(photo ©️ Doug Spencer. On 05 June 2023 two of the pictured Xanthorrhoea spikes were in flower. There are hundreds of individual flowers on each spike)