Flinders Ranges Photos

A photo tour to the most beautiful ranges in the South Australian Outback

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This Flinders Ranges photos page takes you on a journey through an ancient and fascinating mountain range in the South Australian Outback.

Touring the Flinders Ranges, you can have two worlds - a smooth ride on a perfect road, accommodation in a luxury resort like Wilpena or Rawnsley Park's eco villas.

Or, you pack your 4WD and explore the ranges on side tracks, camp by a creek bed, and seek an adventure on the numerous four-wheel-drive routes available throughout the Flinders. It is your choice.

Whichever way you explore this stunning area, you'll see amazing scenery. Don't forget your camera!

Flinders Ranges Photos from south to north

Okay, let's begin in the southern Flinders. You'll notice the further north we come, the harsher the scenery gets.
Ruins of homesteads tell the stories of those people who tried to turn the area into an agricultural district, growing weed and breeding sheep. In most cases, nature forced them back.


Alligator Gorge near Wilmington is the highlight of Mount Remarkable National Park in the southern Flinders Ranges.
Access to the gorge is from Wilmington. You can climb down to the bottom of the gorge, or walk around the rim of Alligator Gorge.


Kanyaka Historic site is by far the largest site of ruins in the Flinders Ranges. Kanyaka is legacy of the pastoral sheep runs that marked the early settlement of the Flinders Ranges and South Australia. After the devastating drought from 1864 - 1867, 20,000 sheep were lost. The run was divided into smaller holdings, and finally, the homestead was abandoned in 1888. If you are interested in history, read the entire story of Kanayka.


Rawnsley Park Station is a sheep station on the southern edge of Wilpena Pound. It is a wonderful place to stay for a couple of days and explore the Flinders Ranges National Park.



Bird life was plentiful during our stay at Rawnsley Park Station. It is always so much fun to sit and watch the birds.


Gum trees, like his majestic river red gum, inspired Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953). He took a photo of the tree in 1937, which became one of his most famous. He called it "The Spirit of Endurance". Today the tree is widely known as the "Cazneaux Tree".



Sir Hans Heysen (1877-1968) was another artist who became influenced and inspired by the natural beauty of the Flinders Ranges. He first visited the Flinders in 1926. One year later, he returned and stayed at Aroona to begin one of many paintings and sketches of the Flinders Ranges. He was fascinated with the arid landscape. Can you blame him? :)


Aroona Dam is a beautiful spot for a picnic a few km outside Leigh Creek. The dam was built 1955 to supply Leigh creek and the coalfields with water. 1995 the Government declared the area around the dam as a flora and fauna sanctuary to rehabilitate the badly degraded area.




The Bolla Bollana copper smelter was established 1870 in the northern Flinders Ranges. There are a few ruins and this well-preserved kiln on the site. Bolla Bollana is just 7 km north-west from Arkaroola village along the track to the Yudnamutana mines.

Marvellous scenery north of Arkaroola village.

I hope you enjoyed this Flinders Ranges photo journey. This is a wonderful area to spend a holiday.

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For more information about the Flinders Ranges please check out my other pages of this beautiful area.