Sometimes I've to travel for work to try our shiny new software in the field. This time we worked near Port Augusta for two weeks and because I'm too lazy to drive back home for the weekend, I stayed and spend the time with a few colleagues. One of them is a passionate climber and bushwalker who seems to spend every free minute in the Flinders Ranges. He invited us to a bushwalk and guided us up the vertical wall that you will see below:
That's Rob, our "tour-guide"
Only a few metres up and one can already see over the valley
The walk involves some climbing
There is a kind of station where the wall begins. Some people camp here and it even has a first aid kit under a tarp
The climb begins
Almost at the top
View of the Wilpena Pound
What a view!
There is a hollow rock up there, very well hidden. It has room for multiple people inside it
Some people climb up those vertical walls
Our way back down. Good to have an experienced guide; it is certainly possible to fall down here
The little fellow enjoying the sun
The sign got put up after a number of deaths (one in 2014 and two in 2019). So being safety aware is important. But anyway, it was an amazing experience!
