The windfarm is hidden behind the hill, to our left. No wind so the turbines are still. But lots of sun for the solar farm. There's a high tension power line beside the road so I guess the wind and solar farms are connected.

We are happy we can notice the difference in landscape, but not really that difficult, its suddenly very different.

We missed the info centre and its dinosaur history. We are headed north on the Kennedy Development Road into volcano country.

Very much volcanic looking. Basalt. From Mt Desolation, and after much searching our maps we discover it, 24km almost due west from the lookout. -20.4670,144.1993

There are black basalt soils and red in the area.

The different, red and black, soils support different vegetation. Principally different grasses, but also red soil is predominantly iron bark and bloodwood, while black soil supports gidgee and boree.

White mountains are only 30k to the east (left). Our campsite last night about 60km.

The floor is sandstone. The walls are sandstone with conglomerate and some volcanic clasts. There's apparently (not on this pic) some coal seams in the walls.

We'll look closely as we descend into the gorge from the campsite.

The white sandstone floor, and the different sandstone walls, topped by basalt.

Looking north.

Nice to see Emu on Emu Plains as we approach.

The campsite began to fill shortly after we arrived. We have internet when we put up the pole with modem atop. People have booked after we did.

Apparently the swimming is good in the pool below the pyramid.

I suppose its as much a pyramid as Mitre Peak (Milford Sound, NZ) is a mitre.

The pyramid from next to the creek, that has flowing water and fish.

And colourful.

To be honest, the bird book is sometimes of limited use. But we think this may be a pardalote. There are many types, we are at the wrong angle to distinguish between them.

Apparently the calls are different.

Decided it was natural, conglomerate that had eroded, the pillar protected by a big stone on top. The little stones may or may not belong. The layer of rock around it was coarse conglomerate.

We haven't seen any evidence of thin coal seams which are reputedly in the walls of the gorge, they must be somewhere else in the gorge's 100km length.

Lunch is good, enough sun through the clouds to feed the solar, bread making this afternoon.

And an afternoon 3km to "the rim" and back. The track leaves from behind tent site 12. Occupied by some people in a Britz camper who were suitably bemused.

Looking north from the lookout. We guess there's a bush bash down and walk south to the track into the gorge we took this morning. Oh well. A bit late in the day.