Scaling Mt Ohlssen-Bagge is a just-as-scenic, fun alternative to climbing St Mary Peak, leading lady in the Adnyamathanha creation legend about (and high point of) Wilpena Pound. About 7km return, the walk-clamber takes you to the top of the rocky pile that guards the gap through which Wilpena Creek leaves (and hikers enter) the Flinders Ranges landmark and bushwalking South Australia hot...

The traditional name for St Mary Peak (1171m), in Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, approximates “trying to find your mind” and Adnyamathanha Aboriginal people believe walkers sometimes become lost in Wilpena Pound because the mountain disorientates them. The walk to the highest point in the pound – and Flinders Ranges – is well signed so you shouldn’t lose your way but it’s a tough...

Saw-tooth quartzite ridges rising from gibber plains are the most recognisable face of the Flinders Ranges, in central South Australia, but colour is their big surprise. From afar they look mauve, purple and blue yet up close the rock is very red and radiates age. The landmark feature of Ikara/FlindersRanges National Park is Wilpena Pound, an extraordinary stone ring scored with bushwalking South Australia trails. Geologists claim...