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Exploring all of Western Australia could take months or even years to accomplish. To make your life a little easier while on a locum tenens assignment, there's one natural landmark that travelers come from far and wide to view in Purnululu National Park. The Bungle Bungle range is a magnificent geological rock formation rich with indigenous history.
The mounds of sandstone resemble beehives, which surround brilliant gorges and pools. Although the formations are made of soft stone, they've survived for over 350 million years. During the wet season, indigenous people used the region as a source of food because of its abundant plant and animal life, but it remained a secret from European settlers until the mid-1980s. Rich in Aboriginal art and burial sites, the Bungle Bungles are well-maintained by native owners of the Warmun Aboriginal Camp.
From above, the rounded mounds appear striped black and orange. The beauty of these unique formations of rock, which are encased in a skin of silica and algae, achieved global recognition in 2003 when it was added to the World Heritage List.