Lumieres – images by Australian landscape photographer Simon Bayliss

Mutawintji National Park

Outback NSW - Australia

Mutawintji is one of the most moving and culturally significant areas of NSW that has to be put on a visitors list. With its wonderful sandstone ridges and gorges it is a site to behold and is one of those places that you can feel the cultural significance of the area and the land.

The historic area (only accessible with a guide) is a truly moving experience as you are able to see (and feel) the living history of the place which has been the site of indigenous ceremonies for many thousands of years. It is also the special in that in the 1980's it was blockaded by the Barkindji people to have it handed back to the traditional custodians.

Mutawintji National Park is a 2 hour drive from Broken Hill (Dry Weather Road) and provides a good stopover (camping) if travelling to/from the Corner Country. (Below is a selection of images, the Lumieres gallery contains more images of Mutawintji NP)