Thursday, May 9, 2019

Cuando el paisaje habla mejor que nuestras palabras/ When the scenery talks more powerfully than our words: Flinders Ranges

 Wall of Wilpena Pound from the Bunyeroo track
 May 6-8

After a late departure, we arrived at Hawker, a town south of Flinders Rangers National Park, just after sunset, with enough time to catch the last site in the campground; this week was the Land Cruiser convention and everything was full (and our Mitsubishi looked like a fly in milk). After setting up our campsite, we took some time to explore the local delights, which were concentrated in the restaurant of the main hotel.

Despues de una partida tardía, llegamos a Hawler, un pueblo al sur de Flinders Ranges National Park, justo despues del atardecer, justo a tiempo para coger el último sitio disponible en el campamento del lugar, en esa semana estaban realizando la convención de Land  Cruiser 4X4 y todo estaba ocupado, asi mismo nuestro Mitsubishi lucía como mosco el leche. Después de establecernos en el sitio, fuimos a explorar las delicias locales, concentradas en el bar del hotel prinicipal del lugar.

Flinders Rangers from the south

At this moment in the trip we were more aware of the impact of the weather in terms of accessibilities to this type of place, and we knew that we had only two days to explore the park before the rain, so next day we left early enough to take full advantage of our time there.

A esta altura del viaje, ya estabamos mas concientes del impacto del clima en el acceso a este tipo de lugares, y sabiamos que solo teniamos dos días para explorar el parque antes de las lluvias, asi que el siguiente día dejamos el lugar suficientemente temprano para aprovechar al máximo nuestro tiempo allá.

View of Wilpena Pound
Soon we started to see the magnificent ranges, the largest mountains in South Australia, stretching for over 430 Km. The route is full of lookouts to appreciate the details of each view and also there are a variety of walking trails and 4WD tracks. We spent the first day exploring a big circuit to Glass Gorge, half of the Branchina Gorge Way, and The Sacred Canyon; amazing views were everywhere, and the clouds created an impressive experience; in addition we spotted dingo and the beautifil yucca flowers.

Glass Gorge view
 Pronto comenzamos a ver las montañas magníficas,  son la cadena montañosa mas larga de Australia del Sur, que se extienede por 430 Km. La ruta esta llena de miradores para apreciar los detalles de cada vista, tambien hay varios senderos para caminar y rutas para explorar en 4X4. Gastamos el primer día explorando un circuito extenso hasta Glass Gorge, parte de la ruta a Brachina Gorge y el Cañon secreto, vistas hermosas en todos los lugares, adicionalmente las nubes crearon una experiencia impresionante, para completar vimos Dingo y la hermosa Yucca florecida.
Dingo marking its territory

Next day we went to Wilpena Pound, an amphitheatre of mountains of breathtaking beauty, not only from the geological aspect, but also for the richness of the vegetation. After that, we explored Bunyero Gorge,  Branchina Gorge and returned south on the western side of the mountains; the experience that day was as rich as on the previous one, which gave us a taste of satisfaction and fulfilment with our time there.

Wilpena Pound - internal view
El siguiente día fuimos a Wilpena Pound, un anfiteatro de montañas de una belleza impresionante, no slo por los aspectos geologicos, tambien por la riqueza de la vegetacion. Despuesm exploramos los cañones Bunyeroo y Branchina y regresamos al sur por el lado occidental de las montañas. Este día fue tan rico como el anterior, y nos dejó un sabor de satisfaccion y plenitud.

Algunas fotos para su disfrute.

Alan y Marce

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Photos may be used for non-commercial purposes with credit to alanymarce@gmail.com

2 comments:

  1. Espectacular, Marce y Alan!!! Gracias por compartir y que sigan empapándose de mundo día a día, paso a paso!

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    1. Gracias Andy, seguiremos compartiendo esta ruta. Abrazos

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