Wilpena Pound
A vast natural amphitheatre of mountains in the heart of the Ikara-Flinders Ranges, 429 kilometres north of Adelaide. Its ring of ridges encloses a broad basin, which walkers can enter on foot or see whole from a scenic flight.
- Where
- Hawker, South Australia, Australia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -31.5590, 138.5740
Get the Wilpena Pound stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wilpena Pound. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your South Australia volume with your photos and a note.
Near Wilpena Pound
Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park 20 km
A park of 95,000 hectares in the northern Flinders Ranges, about 430 kilometres north of Adelaide between Hawker and Blinman. Wilpena Pound is its centrepiece, alongside the Heysen Range and the Brachina and Bunyeroo gorges, and the Heysen Trail passes through.
Barossa Valley 333 km
A valley formed by the North Para River, 60 kilometres north-east of Adelaide and one of Australia's best-known wine regions. Settlers from Silesia shaped its villages and food in the 19th century, and it is known above all for its old-vine Shiraz.
Adelaide Oval 373 km
A cricket and Australian rules football ground in the park lands of North Adelaide, home to the Adelaide Crows, Port Adelaide and the South Australian cricket team. Its old heritage scoreboard and the view of St Peter's Cathedral beyond the stands are part of its charm.
Adelaide Botanic Garden 373 km
A 51-hectare garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, opened to the public in 1857. Its glasshouses include a Victorian palm house and the curved Bicentennial Conservatory, which holds a tropical rainforest.
South Australian Museum 374 km
A natural history museum on North Terrace in Adelaide, founded in 1856, with the largest collection of Australian Aboriginal cultural material in the world. Its galleries also hold minerals, fossils and objects from early Antarctic expeditions by South Australian explorers.
Art Gallery of South Australia 374 km
The state's leading art museum, founded in 1881 as the National Gallery of South Australia and set along North Terrace in Adelaide. With almost 45,000 works it holds the second largest state art collection in Australia.
Adelaide Central Market 375 km
One of the oldest markets in Australia, a covered hall in the centre of Adelaide with stalls of fruit and vegetables, meat, seafood, cheese, bread and small goods. More than 8.5 million visits a year make it one of the busiest places in the city.
Mungo National Park 480 km
A dry lake bed in the far south-west of New South Wales, part of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage area. Along its eroded dunes, the Walls of China, archaeologists found the remains of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man, among the oldest known people in Australia.
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Questions
Where is Wilpena Pound?
Wilpena Pound is in Hawker, South Australia, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park (20 km), Barossa Valley (333 km), Adelaide Oval (373 km).
How do I get the Wilpena Pound stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wilpena Pound and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your South Australia volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Wilpena Pound before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your South Australia volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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