An Ancient Odyssey Australia
Originally published in Road Trips - Australian CountryExcerpt
Silence at Stokes Hill lookout. The tourists have been hypnotised. A moment ago they were chatting over beer and biscuits, attempting to gain a sense of perspective over the Flinders Ranges, but a sudden spectacle is unfolding in the pantheon of Australian outback wonders.
Twilight fades from blue to black and the brutalised bones of the earth, stripped bare of flesh, expose the rock red entrails of millennia clawed to a waterless horizon.
…It’s arguably the greatest land feature on continental Australia and it’s something of a secret because, in many people’s minds, South Australia does not contain anything like this majestic gem.