| Wilpena Pound is the spotlight of Flinders Ranges. | | | | highest boundaries of the pound is reported to be |
| Many regarded it as being the most distinctive | | | | constructed of quartzite rocks which are resilient to |
| geographical formation along Flinders Ranges due to | | | | rock weathering. |
| its crater shape. It is located in the Southern Australia | | | | Perennial grasses called common reeds and flowering |
| State, approximately 429 kilometers far from the | | | | sedges appealed so much on its in Flinders Ranges |
| capital city Adelaide. It's a 3-hour ride away from the | | | | accommodation mainly to the saturated and |
| capital city of South Australia. The continent's local | | | | moistened soil of Wilpena Pound. Flowering plants |
| wildlife and trees have found its best Flinders Ranges | | | | such as lilium or lilies, Proteaceae family called Spider |
| accommodation down the syncline sedimentary rock | | | | Flower and genus of perennial shrubs Hibbertia also |
| of Wilpena Pound. | | | | thrive the place. The most common flowering |
| Numerous names are connected with the Pound. The | | | | woodland trees that grow in the area are genus |
| natives who once favored Flinders Ranges | | | | Eucalyptus just like gum tress and mallee. In the cliff |
| Accommodation within Wilpena pound called it | | | | of southeastern part of the pound grows |
| "meeting place" termed as Ikara in their indigenous | | | | cone-bearing seed tress known as Callitris and |
| vernacular. The title Wilpena is now the | | | | cypress pine trees. It is also a dwelling place to |
| acknowledged name so this means "place of bent | | | | flowering shrub tress like the non-thorny Acacia and |
| fingers" denoting to its cup-hand form. Many names | | | | Casuarina. |
| are also created for the mountain walls of the pound. | | | | Wildlife that loved their Flinders Ranges |
| Five mountains constituted the pound. The highest is | | | | accommodation has feasted the bountiful pound of |
| St. Mary which is based on northeastern side with an | | | | Wilpena. Family of Macropodidae can be found in the |
| elevation of 3842 ft. Opposite to it is the 3822 ft. | | | | pound including the biggest red kangaroo and the |
| Pompey's Pillar. Within the eastern side is Point | | | | yellow-footed rock wallaby. The pound is also freely |
| Bonney of 3717 ft. Rawnsley's Bluff having an | | | | wandered by primitive canine named as Dingo which |
| elevation of 3116 is the mountain wall in the | | | | can be found only in the continent. It is also a home |
| southeastern part. | | | | Australia's native birds such as the 14-inch bird called |
| The pound covers 8000 hectares of sedimentary | | | | Galah Cockatoo, the world's second largest flightless |
| rocks forming a massive amphitheater. Its width is 8 | | | | bird named Emu and the prey of bird Eaglehawk. |
| kilometers and measures 17 kilometers from North to | | | | Many species of reptiles freely inhabit Flinders Ranges |
| South. There are numerous theories pertaining to the | | | | Wilpena Pound such as snakes and lizards. |
| formation of Wilpena Pound. For its crater form, | | | | To celebrate the superb geographical formation of |
| many people believed that pound was once a | | | | Wilpena Pound, establishments have been built to |
| volcano, thus forming a volcanic crater when it burst. | | | | grant Flinders Ranges accommodation to travellers |
| On one hand, some thought that the place was | | | | who aspire to experience the marvelous |
| struck by a meteorite. However, the foremost | | | | development of Wilpena Pound. Besides Wilpena |
| identified concept is the geologists' who theorized | | | | Pound's mystical form, there are natural attractions in |
| that the formation is caused by rock movements | | | | the pound that are pleasing to travellers. |
| that commenced about 600 million years ago. The | | | | |