All landscapes can be looked upon as a manifestation of geology over time. However, the Karijini landscape is altogether in another realm. It's geology has been beaten, weathered, warped and worn in a way that's only possible with the passage of eternal time. Descend down into the cool depths of any accessible gorges of Karijini National Park and you are overwhelmed with a sense of going back in time. Hard rock formed of ancient seabeds, squashed, rolled and tossed, are exposed on display a thousand kilometres from the nearest ocean and over 2,000 feet above today's sea level. Karijini has the oldest geology on our planet and this makes for an unique landscape indeed.
Add to this unique place a distinctive indelible ochre-red soil, so fine in texture and determinedly pervasive that every surface in nature is imbued with a non-reflective patina. The sun doesn't dance here, it simply rests.
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