KI: FCNP Part II … Remarkable Rocks

From Weirs Cove, we drove to Remarkable Rocks … one of the most popular places in Flinders Chase National Park. The good news is that today there weren’t many people crawling over the rocks like an ant colony.

Remarkable rocks are known as a domed inselbergs … aka islands of rock … dating back some 500 million years. Weathering along fractures led to the formation of isolated blocks atop the dome. The changes are not yet complete … rain, wind, particles of salt all continue to erode and shape them.

As we scrambled around the rocks, we found lots of interesting photo ops. The wind was ferocious at times … as you will see in the photos. But the temp was comfy. I just wish the sun was shining as the orange lichen would have added a brilliant pop of color to the scenery. Oh well … it is what it is. And at least it wasn’t raining. At least not then.

It was only 1:00p when completed our visit to the park. Still quite early. But we wanted to stop at Seal Cove to see the Australian fur seals and then continue onto Cape Willoughby on the Dudley Peninsula to check out the mob of kangaroos we were told we could see there.

As it turns out, we could have stayed much longer at FCNP. No sooner were we out of the park that the cloud cover thickened. And with it came heavy rain coming down in sheets that veiled the scenery. So, we ended up driving straight back to the AirBNB instead … to do laundry and prepare for tomorrow’s departure.Read more