Wilpena Pound

After a very easy drive up the highway to Wipena Pound we set up camp in an unpowered site but with access to camp amenities. The days were lively but the nights a little chilly especially without the use of our heater. When we return we are having a diesel heater installed. 🤣

We then set off on a hike to the old Hills homestead and Wangarra lookouts. It was a beautiful walk through the Pond gap, along the creek to the homestead and then a fairly easy climb to the lookouts, giving us our first high view of Wilpena Pound.

The next day was a busy one for us. It began quite leisurely but soon any thoughts of leisure were forgotten as we trekked up Mt Ohlssen Bagge. This was a 4 hour walk up a very high mountain. Well it felt like a huge mountain. The track was rough and I would call 2/3rds of the walk a cross between bush whacking and rock climbing. At times the track was not clearly marked and we lost the trail a couple of times. After more rock climbing and scaling the mountain top we found the track again to continue on our merry way- or not so merry in my case. It is confirmed I AM NOT A HARD CORE WALKER! Many might have known that already but for some reason I wanted to try a hard walk again- well the first one for over 20 years. Jamie very patiently put up with me or at least tried to ignore me. But I made it and it was definitely worth the walk. After lunch back at camp we headed out in the car along one of the smaller tracks to Bunyeroo Gorge, Razorback lookout, Brachina Gorge and Stokes hill lookout. A beautiful drive through gorge’s and creek beds and a few trips over hills and along ridge tops. It was beautiful. We finished the tour watching the sunset from Stokes Hill lookout. We finished the evening with dinner and Gins at the Wilpena Pound resort restaurant.Read more