Murphy's Haystacks

Murphy's Haystacks, June 2005

In 2005, Pete and I took a scenic drive from Condobolin across to Perth (where we met up with Dad), then caught the Indian Pacific to Sydney, and drove back to Condo. Pete's been around Australia a few times but I hadn't been to much of WA, and only a couple of places in SA. It was a brilliant trip.

Murphy's Haystacks are in the Streaky Bay district of SA. You can find more information here.

I spent years working in soil research, so geological features are high on my to do list. And they're a bit like Uluru, photographed by many, so I was after something different - which I think I found with this gnarly old tree. Pete thinks its ridiculous to hunt for different angles and shots...but he's rather tolerant!

There's nothing around the rock formations, just paddocks. And there were few people when we were there. It was quite an incredible place to visit.

And because I can't resists a bit of information, Murphy's haystacks are granite, called inselbergs. They're relic landforms (ie the land around them has changed and they've remained - or they change at a much slower rate). Uluru and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) are the most famous inselbergs in Australia. Inselbergs occur all over the world.