Purnululu from the Helicopter

On our last full day we did a chopper ride. Len and I in one and Tim and PJ in the other. You could ask them to attach the doors, but they recommended a “no door” flight. The views were amazing. A whole new perspective on the ranges. We couldn’t fly over the central part of the range as it is culturally significant to the Djaru peoples

The ranges are made up of beehive-shaped karst sandstone rising 250 metres above the surrounding semi-arid savannah grasslands. The towers have spectacular black and orange stripes, formed from the deposits of algae that protect the sandstone from erosion. They are 360 million years old.Read more