The Amazing Bungle Bungles
The Bungle Bungle Ranges in the Purnululu World Heritage Listed National Park are and amazing spectacle, especially from a helicopter.
Purnululu National Park is in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2003.
Purnululu is the name given to the sandstone area of the Bungle Bungle Range by the Kija Aboriginal people. The name means sandstone or may be a corruption of bundle grass.
The range, lying fully within the park, has elevations as high as 578 metres above sea level. It is famous for the sandstone domes, unusual and visually striking with their striping in alternating orange and grey bands. The banding of the domes is due to differences in clay content and porosity of the sandstone layers: the orange bands consist of oxidised iron compounds in layers that dry out too quickly for cyanobacteria to multiply; the grey bands are composed of cyanobacteria growing on the surface of layers of sandstone where moisture accumulates.
Purnulu World Heritage Listed National Park has stunning rock formations that are best seen from the air.
We are fortunate that a long time friends of ours owns and operates the Bungle Bungle Caravan Park just outside the National Park and we stayed several days with them on the way North.
Colin kindly provided us with complementary helicopter flights. A new experience flying in a helicopter with the doors off, however this afforded the opportunity to take images without the distortion and colourising effects of aircraft windows.
Read MorePurnululu National Park is in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2003.
Purnululu is the name given to the sandstone area of the Bungle Bungle Range by the Kija Aboriginal people. The name means sandstone or may be a corruption of bundle grass.
The range, lying fully within the park, has elevations as high as 578 metres above sea level. It is famous for the sandstone domes, unusual and visually striking with their striping in alternating orange and grey bands. The banding of the domes is due to differences in clay content and porosity of the sandstone layers: the orange bands consist of oxidised iron compounds in layers that dry out too quickly for cyanobacteria to multiply; the grey bands are composed of cyanobacteria growing on the surface of layers of sandstone where moisture accumulates.
Purnulu World Heritage Listed National Park has stunning rock formations that are best seen from the air.
We are fortunate that a long time friends of ours owns and operates the Bungle Bungle Caravan Park just outside the National Park and we stayed several days with them on the way North.
Colin kindly provided us with complementary helicopter flights. A new experience flying in a helicopter with the doors off, however this afforded the opportunity to take images without the distortion and colourising effects of aircraft windows.
