PURNULULU’S SECRET ADVENTURE
Aug 05, 2021
4 minutes
Words CATHERINE LAWSON
Pics DAVID BRISTOW
Deep inside Purnululu National Park, wild and uncharted, Piccaninny Gorge harbours a secret rock world that’s seldom seen, scoured deep into the head of the Bungle Bungle Range. Five spectacular sandstone chasms known as the ‘Five Fingers’ rate as the national park’s longest and most remote. And, the only way to explore them is on foot, following the fluted bedrock of Piccaninny Creek as far and as deep as you dare.
There’s no designated track, and at around 30km return, it’s one for hardy explorers, but the scenes that await will blow your mind. Shimmying through slender rock chasms, walking and wading, disappearing into caves where bats shift restlessly overhead,
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