Australia
Karlu Karlu (Devil's Marbles)
Granite boulders balance, split and stack across a living cultural landscape.
Immense granite boulders balance, split and stack across a broad desert valley. At dawn and dusk, changing light makes Karlu Karlu feel less like a roadside formation and more like a living cultural landscape.
Karlu Karlu is a living cultural landscape on Warumungu, Kaytetye, Alyawarr and Warlpiri Country. Rounded granite boulders fill a shallow valley beside the Stuart Highway, exposed as overlying sandstone weathered away. Short and longer formed walks explain the geology; camping is in a designated bookable area, and Traditional Owners ask visitors not to climb the boulders.
Solo
Use the formed walks and designated campground while leaving every boulder unclimbed.
Couple
Share a dawn or dusk walk among the changing granite forms, with camping booked in the designated area.
- Immense rounded granite boulders balance across a broad, shallow valley.
- The reserve is a living sacred landscape jointly managed with Traditional Owners.
- Short and four-kilometre walks reveal the formations from different distances.
- Visitors camp only in the designated area and do not climb the boulders.
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