The picture below is a snap of some tree roots in a dry creek bed on the eastern side of the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges in South Australia in 2021. We had traveled on the gravel Arkaroola-Junta Rd along the eastern edge of the ranges, then turned into the North Flinders Rd passed Wertaloona Station, then crossed the Wearing Hills through the Wearing Gorge.
I cannot remember which creek it was. More than likely it was Wearing Creek as we drove through the creek bed whilst the gorge.
The photo below was made in the early morning in the Balcanoona Creek bed in the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park in South Australia in the winter of 2021. The Balcanoona pastoral Station was acquired by the park in 1982 and is in Adnyamathanha country.
It was the colours, textures and light that caught my eye.
I was there for 6 days walking throughout the Vulkathunha- Gammon Ranges National Park with friends under the auspices of ARPA bushwalkers. This ARPA event was known as the Balcanoona Camp, and we were based at the old shearers quarters at Balcanoona Station, which is now the HQ of the national park. This was my first time with the ARPA bushwalkers and I was a C grade walker. I wanted to be able to have some time to take photos, and to do so whilst walking through the ranges on the various hiking trails.