Quartzite outcrop of the Black Range, Warraweena Conservation Park
Black Range, Warraweena
Old Man Saltbush
Rhagodia parabolica in a creek bank of Bunyroo Gorge.
Turtles – Aroona Dam
Turtles on the banks of Aroona Dam, northern Flinders Ranges.
Acacia Tetragonophylla
Prickly Wattle in flower in September in the Flinders Ranges.
Wedge-tailed Eagles
Wedge-tailed Eagles riding thermals to heights of up to two kilometres over Warraweena Conservation Park.
SkyWatch in the Flinders Ranges
Dean Davidson’s Skywatch portable planetarium was thrilling children at Leigh Creek Area School and Marree Area School this week, followed by community astronomy night viewings. The famously dark skies of the Flinders Ranges availed excellent views of the Milky Way and the Dark Emu. Saturn and Jupiter were crowd pleasers, as always.
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.
Bug business
This bug event is a bit of a mystery but the red ones do appear to be nymphs.
Inland Paperbark
This tenacious Melaleuca glomerata is growing in Nantiberry Springs at Warraweena Conservation Park in the Flinders Ranges.
Cirrocumulus Stratiformis
The distinctive herringbone pattern of Cirrocumulus stratiformis, high altitude cloud formation of ice crystals and supercooled water droplets, seen over Leigh Creek.
