This post’s photos were both taken as we neared the most easily-accessed section of Wilpena Pound’s rim.
“The Pound”-proper is a prodigious natural amphitheatre.
Various of its mighty ramparts are visible from many vantage points.
However, its interior – the actual Wilpena Pound – is properly visible only to those who walk up into it, or fly over it; to see just how massive and how spectacular it is, you need to climb one of its rim’s higher peaks, or take a flight.
The 5th day of June 2023 did not provide suitable weather for “joy flights”, and we did not have sufficient available time to scale St Mary Peak.
However, as the next couple of posts will show, even those who take only the relatively easy and “low” way into Wilpena Pound still enjoy spectacular (albeit partial) views of one of Australia’s natural wonders.
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