Painted Desert, Outback South Australia.

The Painted Desert is a large area of spectacular colourful hills. It's an amazing sight. There are numerous rocky outcrops of large and small hills, which emerge suddenly out of a flat, desert landscape. It's perhaps best viewed in bright sunlight which brings out vivid colours such as ochre yellow, oxide red, and deep, rich brown, contrasting with crisp whites and jet blacks. Created more than 80 million years ago, it forms part of the spectacular breakaway country near the Oodnadatta track. It is a superb example of the forces of nature weathering and eroding the desert landscape.