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Snaps: Mt Lofty Ranges « Previous | |Next »
January 1, 2007

The Mt Lofty Ranges, which are to the east of Adelaide, separate the regoinal city from the flat country west of the River Murray as it winds down to the mouth of the Murray-Darling Basin. The ranges are stark as they have been stripped bare for sheep grazing. Nothing by way of biodiversity there.

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Gary Sauer-Thompson, Rocks, Mt Lofty Ranges, 2005

We were driving back from the river and I stopped the car and took some snaps. It was winter time. It was bitterly cold and very windy. The radio was playing an old Cream song and it bought back memories of driving a Kombi with an old view camera, taking photos and listening to Cream.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 8:17 AM | | Comments (6)
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Looks interesting, Does the area have any aboriginal drawings or history about. Out crop like these often resemble mens faces so they take on stories.

Shaymus,
I don't know much about the indigenous history of the area, or even know whether there are any rock drawings on the outcrops.

The rock reminded me of Easter Island monoliths and so I saw it partly as an artwork--a guardian of the approach to the river country.

Seems to traditionally belong to the Kaurna people...there is an interesting story that relates to the area. "Nganno" lay down after a battle.

Shaymus,
I'll dig around a bit re Kaurna people and rock art.

I did an interesting post on rock art back in September 2006.

I had a look..nice pics..demonstrates how we sometimes Over Spiritualize these cave paintings and drawings. Natives drew for fun and a laugh too.

Shaymus,
I agree. We need to avoid seeing them as art in the contemporary western sense as most of the drawings were a part of ritual.