Karlukaru – Australia

The area is known as Karlukaru by the local Aboriginal people and Devil’s Marbles by the colonialist. According to scientist they are the granite remains of molten lava after millions of years of weathering and erosion. This area is particularly beautiful at sunset when the boulders exude a rich glow. However, on the day that we visited the area the sunset was blocked by an emerging storm. The strength of the wind prohibited us from erecting the tents. Instead we slept under the clouds and stars. Our group leader said it almost never rains in the outback. When it started to rain the majority of the group scrambled into the bus to sleep. I crawled under the bus with my sleeping bag and ground cloth, and slept.