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Landscape photography Sturt np: The innate quality of those who travel the Outback is to see the iconic destinations that are ingrained in the Australian psyche and Cameron Corner is one of those Outback destinations.
The surveyed north-west corner of NSW, Cameron Corner, is the point at which the states of NSW, Queensland and South Australia meet and it is this corner that forms the north-west boundary of Sturt National Park - one of NSW's largest National Parks at 340,000 ha.
This massive park which spans the sandy dunes of the Strzelecki Desert across the ancient mesas of the Grey Range and Mt King (The Jump-Ups) and to the Gibber plains, gorges and hills of Mount Wood.
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Steel Wheel |
Whim |
Yoke Plain |
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Sky Hook |
Remnants |
Pastoral History |
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Out Posts |
Gibber #1 |
Gibber #2 |
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Lone Tree (Sturt) |
Surreal #1 |
Surreal #2 |
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Cloud Ridge |
Tree Surreal #1 |
Tree Surreal #2 |
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Water #1 |
Water #2 |
Commet
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Hoxton Park #1 |
Hoxton Park #2 |
The Dog Fence |
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Dingo Fence #1 |
Dingo Fence #2 |
Outback Time |
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Lone Boulder #1 |
Lone Boulder #2 |
Lone Boulder #3 |
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Waka Claypan #1 |
Waka Claypan #2 |
Jump-Ups Road |
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Jump-Ups Dawn |
Dawn Tree |
Jump-Ups Moon #1 |
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Jump-Ups Moon #2 |
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Jump-Ups (a) |
Jump-Ups (b) |
Jump-Ups Dawn |
The area provides the visitor with a great insight to the geomorphology of Outback Australia with ancient eroded mountain ranges and vast gibber plains easily illustrating the concept of the inland sea that early explorers like Charles Sturt believed covered the interior of Australia. The park also provides several vantage points to the Dingo Fence (at 5,000+ kms it is the world's longest fence) which forms the north and western boundary of the park
In the eastern section of the park, there are 3 wonderful and informative self drive tours:
- The Gorge Loop Road: This around Mt Wood and the Mount Wood Hills covers the outdoor pastoral heritage museum, Mt Wood Homestead & shearers quarters, the Gibber and Mitchell Grass Plains, the Twelve Mile Creek Gorge, and the old pastoral remains at Torrens Bore and Horton Park Station. Wildlife such as Emu, Kangaroo, and Wedge-Tail eagles are commonly sighted.
- The Jump-Ups Loop Road: The ancient landforms that are known as the Jump-Ups are the remains of an ancient mountain range that have been eroded down over millions of years leaving the 150m plateau (Mesa) and the granite strewn plains which form the catchment of the Connia Creek (Ephemeral) which follows south-east into the Twelve Mile creek.
- Cameron Corner:The drive from Tibooburra to Cameron Corner takes the visitor through a diverse landscape including the Waka Claypan, past Fort Grey which was provisions stockade built by explorer Charles Sturt for his inland expeditions, and on to the Corner and the worlds longest fence; the 5,000+ km Dog Fence which was constructed to keep roaming Dingos of the north and west out of the pastoral lands of NSW.
Sturt National Park is a true outback experience and affords the photographer with a diverse landscape with the colours and hues that are synonymous with Outback Australia.






































