Wilpena pound access

No, there are no tracks to enable you to actually see into the pound.
They may say there is wheelchair access, but it's a long way from the end of the track up into the pound.
I think a flight is your only chance........but well worth the money.....spectacular.

As far as I know you can't. There's a shuttle bus that goes part of the way from the resort to the old restored homestead but it's still a decent walk to the lower lookout if your legs are no good.

That's what I thought.

It's back to driving past it I think. Flying over is an expensive option and you can't even smell or feel the place from a few thousand feet up. Not in our budget. We were thinking of taking a room at the resort next Christmas.

Phil

I went there many years ago, the walk to the lookout , I think St Mary's Peak is a long walk, yes it was well worth the effort but I don't think I could do it now, I first stopped at Wilpena in 1966 but the visit I went to the lookout was in the 1970's when living in Adelaide.



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Unfortunately you're out of luck there Phil as mentioned already. The inside of the pound is not especially spectacular anyway - apart from a vast expanse of gently sloping rock. I walked to St Mary's Peak via the pound as well as up the face from the campground many moons ago and my recollection is that the view from the peak while spectacular was also marginally disappointing, but it's all relative I guess. Fabulous place the Flinders Ra. You get a great view back to the northern part of the pound (StMarys) driving up the Bunyeroo Valley if that's within your timeframe.

Phil, I also have limited hiking capability while SWMBO is fine. We went through Jeff Morgan's studio at Hawker and viewed his absolutely stunning Pound mural. Later SWMBO did the hike ex the resort, and TBH reckoned the mural was a better deal.

Jeff Morgan studio, Hawker SA.

I have walked to the timber platform as well, we went early in the morning to avoid the millions of fly and dozens of people.

After scrambling up the rocky path we stood on the platform to take a photo but we had to change the angle or we would have had the workmans ute in the photo :(

There are service paths throughout the area that you may be able to access if you have a disability, no harm in asking.

Maybe they could have it so that people who need to drive go at 7.00 am or something.