100 Incredible Travel Secrets #2 Wilpena Pound, SA

The ‘this should be world famous’ landmark

Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges, SA

Big enough to fit six Ulurus inside and millions and millions of years old, this near-perfect oval looks like an amphitheatre for the gods from above – not that they’d want to amplify any kind of noise here; it would disturb the deep sense of peace.

“I do find it amazing that there are some really well-known inland things to see in Australia, and that this isn’t one of them,” muses Dr Brown. “It’s quite extraordinary. And the fact that it was used as a big holding pen for cattle and horses… it’s got an incredible history. It’s a pretty special landmark.”