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THE ANNA CREEK PAINTED HILLS
60 MINUTE
SCENIC FLIGHT.
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Flights Depart hourly every day, between
8.00am
and 5.00pm
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Join
us in viewing this amazing landscape from the air.
Rate Guide:
$260.00 per
adult; $234 per child. (Duration 1 Hour)
Prices as
of the 12th of January 2012.
Prices
are subject to change.
A
minimum of two passengers applies.
THE ANNA CREEK PAINTED HILLS AND
LAKE EYRE
COMBINED 2-HOUR SCENIC FLIGHT:
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A unique and spectacular opportunity to view
one of Australia's hidden iconic landmarks. (Less than 400 people have seen
these hills in the last 50 years). William Creek is located in one of the
most remote areas of Australia. Enjoy the visual extremities of Lake Eyre,
Australia's largest inland lake, with its incredible colours and patterns that
become accentuated from the air whether full of water or totally dry.
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See prehistoric river systems, where they
enter the lake and the graphic patterns where they enter the lake and form a
magnificent art form. You will also experience the Gibba Desert which will
let you interpret many of the indigenous art that one experiences and helps
to explain the Aboriginal art work and help you to relate to the patterns
and designs which appear in many Aboriginal Art Works.
Rate Guide:
$420.00 per
adult; $378 per child. (duration 2 Hours).
Prices as
of the 12th of January 2012.
Prices
are subject to change.
Minimum numbers apply.
The Anna Creek Painted Hills, previously called
the Secret Painted Hills,
is a spectacular and recently discovered section
of the pristine Breakaways country in the far north of South Australia.
It is
a rocky outcrop of large and small hills, which emerge suddenly out of a flat,
desert landscape. The hills are approximately 20 kilometres x 18 kilometres in
size. It is believed that the Anna Creek Painted Hills are the leftover
effects of 50 million years of climate change, with the climate going from
glacial to wet and semi-tropical over million of years.
The changing colours
of the hills are believed to be a result of oxidisation. The deep red is due
to the oxidation of iron in the rocks, while the white sections are where iron
has leached away.
"MAGIC OF THE PAINTED
HILLS REVEALED"
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"Deep in the South Australian outback
lies the painted desert a fragile lunar landscape of ochre-red and mustard
yellow rock weathered over millions of years and as large as a regional city ...
People are already comparing these areas in terms of their tourism potential to
Uluru (Ayers Rock) and the Bungle Bungles".
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These clay and iron-oxide
formations are estimated to cover an expanse of 20km wide
and 10km long. The Painted Desert is according to Dr. Gehling, the leftover
effects of about 50 million years of climate change - the climate has gone from
glacial to wet and semi tropical over millions of years.
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Adelaide University geologist John Foden said the
rock formations were extraordinary - it seems to me something to do with deep weathering
and erosion of an ancient landscape - the changing colours were a result of
oxidation. Station owners were doing their utmost to protect the site due to its
fragility and would in no way allow four-wheel drives to be able to go there.
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(The Australian Newspaper 8/7/06 P.1)
THE ANNA CREEK PAINTED HILLS
GALLERY:
(Above) Spot the "Crocodile
Head" formation - Anna Creek Painted Hills. July 2009
The Anna Creek Painted Hills
The Anna Creek Painted Hills
The Anna Creek Painted Hills
The Anna Creek Painted Hills.
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