Story: Mt Augustus
Episode: Episode 2
Presenter: Emma George
Air Date: 10th July 2022

• Rising 715m above the surrounding alluvial plain, Mount Augustus is an inselberg island mountain which is creased with rocky creeks, gorges and open plains supporting a range of vegetation.
• Known as Burringurrah to the local Wajarri people, named after a boy who ran away from tribal initiation. There are petroglyphs scattered throughout the area.
• It is the largest rock in the world, 2.5 times bigger than Uluru but differs from the iconic Uluru due to it having vegetation across its surface.
• White-barked river gums indicate where water seepage occurs off the rock. A wide variety of bird and animal life inhabit the arid wattle, mulga and landscape.
• Cattle Pool, on the Lyons River a tributary of the Gascoyne permanent water attracts water birds such as black cormorants, ibis, heron and a variety of ducks.

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