Flinders Ranges from the air
Ediacaran Golden Spike
The base of the Ediacaran Period is defined by a Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) marked by the Golden Spike in the Trezona Formation in Brachina Gorge. The lower glacial formation attributed to Snowball Earth is overlaid by the Nuccaleena Formation – a carbonate formed in shallow warm waters – displaying a distinct shift in climate that gave rise to Ediacaran biota, preserved in the fossil record of the Flinders Ranges.
Lake Frome from Mt Chambers
A view to the east from the top of Mt Chambers, Flinders Ranges. The white salt of Lake From can be seen on the horizon.
Moro Gorge
Spectacular spring fed Moro Gorge at Nantawarrina Indigenous Protected Area in the Gammon Ranges.
Tiny stalactites
These brittle 5-10mm calcium carbonate deposits in Warraweena Conservation Park are found in an overhang in a quartzite gorge.
Black Range, Warraweena
Quartzite outcrop of the Black Range, Warraweena Conservation Park
Copley Quartzite
A view of the Copley Quartzite formation that contains Aroona Dam, and in the distance the Brachina siltstone formation of the Bayley Range.
Gammon Ranges
The distinctive peaks of Arkaroola as seen from the north of the Gammon Ranges.
North of the quartzite pound are precambrian formations of shale and limestone of the Tapley Hill and Aberoona formations.
Finke Spring
Groundwater coming up through rock layers as springs are essential to life in the Flinders Ranges.
Mamma clouds: Lyndhurst
Dramatic Mamma clouds forming over Lyndhurst Ochre Pit.
