A Flowing Creek
- Posted by Peter MacDonald
- On December 17, 2012
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Posts over the last few weeks have reflected summer conditions and in recent times there has already been very hot days in the low 40s C. Despite the heat, surprisingly there’s some places in the Flinders Ranges where water is still flowing steadily in the creeks. How long the water will last will depend on […]
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Running Water – Mt. Chambers Gorge
- Posted by Peter MacDonald
- On June 20, 2012
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I am still surprised at how long creeks are flowing in the Flinders Ranges. It’s been a while since a decent rain, yet they still flow. Having been used to dry creek beds for so long during the drought years, it is still a real treat to hear the sound of water bubbling over rocks. […]
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Stubbs
- Posted by Peter MacDonald
- On May 9, 2012
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Having battled to get the spectacular Stubbs waterhole into perspective in the previous photograph, it is now easier to concentrate on the actually water hole without the massive rock face it sits beneath. Nevertheless the other surrounding cliffs provide a wonderful setting for this waterhole. Over the recent drought years this was a mostly dry […]
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Rock and Water
- Posted by Peter MacDonald
- On October 24, 2011
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Lately I’ve been shooting in country with a lot of creek beds and gum trees. Despite that, the pictures I have been posting lately seem to be working on a different theme……rock faces and waterholes. Travellers around Australia might have seen this scene in a number of places spread across Western Australia or the Northern […]
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Echo Camp II
- Posted by webmaster
- On September 27, 2010
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Another perspective of this well-known Flinders Ranges landmark.
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Crystal Clear
- Posted by webmaster
- On September 23, 2010
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Hardly permanent but about as fresh you can get. A waterhole in the Wirreanda Creek, south of Hawker in the Flinders Ranges after recent rains.
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Waterhole Week
- Posted by webmaster
- On September 21, 2010
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For the next five posts a feature on the beautiful waterholes of the Flinders Ranges. There’s plenty more than five but I’ll stick to just a few. Yudnamutana Waterhole, western side of the northern Flinders, Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.
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Just Add Water
- Posted by webmaster
- On September 7, 2010
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Everywhere you look at the moment there is water. In the creeks, the clay pans, along the roads. The desert has been truly transformed. Warreners Creek Oodnadatta Track.
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Revisiting….Nooldoonooldoona
- Posted by webmaster
- On September 2, 2010
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Another look at this beautiful waterhole on the Arkaroola Creek in the northern Flinders ranges. A peaceful yet almost cathedral like place at any time of the day. Because the sun has to get above high hills to the east, there seems to be only a short window for taking good images. That’s about an […]
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Waterhole study
- Posted by webmaster
- On July 4, 2010
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Nooldoonooldoona Waterhole, Arkaroola is one of the most beautiful waterholes in the northern Flinders Ranges. Yet it’s not easy to portray its full beauty in one photograph, mainly because a ninety degree turn in the creek is involved. It’s easily accessible and I have visited it many times. Two pictures posted earlier click here show […]
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Just Add Water
- Posted by webmaster
- On April 5, 2010
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It doesn’t take more than a few drops of rain to work some magic in desert country. Recent good rains have made it worthwhile for people to visit this part of the world in the months to come. Here an instant waterhole transforms a once parched landscape into a place of beauty. Canon 5D, Lens […]
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Just Add Water
- Posted by webmaster
- On February 18, 2010
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There’s been a bit of scattered rain around lately that has brought mixed fortunes over a lot of South Australia’s Outback. Some were good falls – other places almost missed out. There are some areas that are still isolated with many outback dirt roads and tracks closed. This section of the Arkaroola Creek down from […]
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Akurra – the giant serpent of the Flinders Ranges
- Posted by webmaster
- On September 6, 2009
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The Arkaroola Creek is one of the main waterways of the northern Flinders Ranges. The creek, and the beautiful waterholes along its path are said to have been created by Akurra, the giant serpent. The traditional stories of the Adnyamathanha people say Akurra drank nearby Lake Frome dry and still lives in the mountains to […]
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Just Add Water and a Touch of Tolkien
- Posted by webmaster
- On July 24, 2009
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This waterhole speaks for itself – ‘beautiful’, “peaceful”, “idyllic’. All of those things – but how about “Enchanted” too. When I find something as beautiful as this to photograph I don’t rush things. It’s on the Worumba sheep station about 25 kilometres east of the town of Hawker in the Flinders Ranges. I can vouch […]
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Perfect the Next
- Posted by webmaster
- On July 17, 2009
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It’s hard to believe this is the same waterhole as yesterday’s posting . Arkaroola Springs taken the next morning. Even though I had what I thought was a pretty good image of the Springs, it’s been my experience to look at all the angles before packing it in. You’ve got to remember too that there […]
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Just Add Water — Beautiful One Day
- Posted by webmaster
- On July 16, 2009
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With water in all the waterholes along the Arkaroola Creek this year there’s been plenty of locations to work with. Even though they’re all beautiful places, sometimes it takes quite a few days to get the right conditions that do them justice. Arkaroola Springs was no exception. I had in mind that the best angle […]
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Just Add Water……Arkaroola
- Posted by webmaster
- On June 16, 2009
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Rain sometimes comes in the nick of time. Arkaroola, in the northern Flinders Ranges hadn’t had a really good rain in 11 years. They were going to have to truck water in, the situation was so bad. But just two day from that decision the heavens opened up. The Arkaroola Creek ran for the first […]
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