Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Painted Desert


The Painted Desert in South Australia is an area of coloured clays with white, orange, yellow and pink predominating. There are also mesa formations with a layer of red brown rock often protecting the softer underlying clay from weathering. Photos cannot do justice to the beautiful colours in this area but they will give you an idea of the formations and markings.










































































David looking at a Cairn. Our vehicle in the background is parked at Mount Batterbee Lookout































































It looks like a frog was dropped on top of this formation














Nature's Garden on the side of one of the formations












A close up photo of one of the wildflowers