Anthills and termite mounds

Take your pick. Tent-sized anthills ...

Starting off on the Gibb River Road, the anthills are red lumps scattered across the landscape, gradually growing in scale as we progress further into the Kimberley. By the time we reach Windjana Gorge they are as high and wide as the tents in the campsite.

Then as we turn into Mt Elizabeth Station, so does the soil. The anthills are a light brown, not nearly as noticeable as they had been before. By the time we enter the Northern Territory, they have shrunk to little cones popping up from the ground.

or termite tombstones.

As we enter Litchfield National Park, termites take over and their mounds multiply in size again, standing alone on burnt soil as the sole survivors after the bushfire. Exiting the park, they are massive, taller than a person’s height and flat and grey, just like tombstones.