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Wave rock from when this area of central Australia was beneath the sea.

A Desert Grass

Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon spectacular weathered landscape

Majestic Ghost Gum tree.

Spinifex Pigeon

Spinifex

Watarrka National Park & King's Canyon, situated on the western edge of the George Gill Ranges is 300 kilometres to the north east of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and 310 kilometres west of Alice Springs.

One of our most spectacular natural environments, the ranges above the spinifex strewn desert create a landscape of rugged ranges, rock holes and gorges. King's Canyon's ancient sandstone walls have been sculptured by the elements rising up 100metres to a plateau of ruddy domes. Ancient marine fossils etched into the rock give a glimpse of the landscape up to 300million years ago.

A walk along the rim takes you back in time through bee-hive like domes and an ancient sea bed to the place known as "The Garden of Eden" deep in the heart of the canyon. Almost inexplicably the surrounding rock has collected enough water to provide for a lush cycad fern filled garden.

Once seen, never forgotten.

Kata Tjuta

Uluru and Kata Tjuta

Uluru a massive, distintively rounded, red sandstone monolith is the Icon for Australia.

Traditional Aboriginal people traveled from all parts of this vast land, on foot to hold sacred ceremonies in this sacred place. You can feel there spirit here. Today the Anangu people carry on the ceremonies passed down through the centuries.

Tjukurpa, the creation, the foundation of Anangu life is a much more powerful concept than Dreaming for unlike Dreaming which suggests unreality and change, Tjukurpa tells of man's nature bound with the land past, present and a responsibility for its future. It is the law. Anangu, its people, are pleased that this interaction between themselves and the land has now been recognized as World Heritage value.

The following are photos I was privileged to take while there last year.