Bungle Bungles, the colloquial name
for the Bungle Bungle Range, a major
part of the Purnululu National Park.
An ancient land 350 million years
in the making yet, only ‘discovered’ in
the 1980s. Fringing the eastern side
of the Kimberley region the Bungle
Bungles are remote. The people in-
digenous to the area, the Karjaganu-
jaru, have lived here for over 20,000
years and although having a connec-
tion to the land believed it to be of
‘no great significance’ due to a lack of
drinkable fresh water. Local stock-
man spoke of the area however, it was
more of a hinderance than something
of wonder. The greater population
‘found’ the area in 1982 … by chance.
We’d flown over the area a few
weeks prior and marvelled at the
strange land formations; beehive
like domes that rippled across the
landscape, orange and black bands,
perfectly spaced creating a surreal
aerial view.
From the air, the vast expanse
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