Trace and I headed to Chambers Pillar on Sunday. The pillar is 150 k SE of Alice on the western fringes of the Simpson Desert. This place is beautiful and the little reserve that is at the base of the pillar is an excellent camp site. We plan to leave the Alice tomorrow and try to get the van in there for a couple of days, this will be a bit of a challenge as there is a little range to climb at the end of the track to get into the reserve. The remainder of the track is a mix of good dirt road and red sand road, too easy with the van there, just the range to climb at the end!!! We'll see how it goes I guess.
The rock at the base of the pillar is full of carvings of explorers, and vandals, that have passed through the area. The pillar was used as a navigation marker for explorers traveling from Adelaide to Alice and was named by a Scottish explorer by the name of John MacDouall in honor of his friend and financial supporter James Chambers. Excellent place to visit and a blowout to see that these carvings have been there for 120 years or more.
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looks nice, wish i was out there with you..
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a cracka of a spot mate. If you get the chance get out there!!!
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