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BUNGLE BUNGLES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

The bizarre, ancient beehive domes of the World Heritage-listed Purnululu National Park will take your breath away. Known colloquially as the Bungle Bungles, these remote rocky ranges are the finest example of cone karst sandstone anywhere in the world. The distinctive, rounded rock towers are made of sandstone and conglomerates moulded by rainfall over millions of years. To the local Kidja people, ‘purnululu’ means sandstone,

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