Sight · Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park
Two big gums frame the Heysen Range beside a shaded picnic stop.
Overview
Twin Gums Lookout is a small roadside viewpoint on Bunyeroo Road, part of the drive through Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. Two large gums frame a view toward the Heysen Range through the trees, and their shade makes this an easy place for a short picnic. It suits anyone already driving the gorge road; the stop is modest, with no separate hike to plan.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Ikara-Flinders Ranges Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Bunyeroo Gorge and Twin Gums“You're approaching Bunyeroo Gorge. Its walk follows a broad creek bed beneath gum trees and rugged rock, the same natural passage bullock teams once used to carry copper, mail and produce toward the western plains.”
Plays as you drive up to Twin Gums Lookout in the Parkwolf Ikara-Flinders Ranges Tour Guide.
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Guide
The best-known view is the layered range seen through the gums, not a wide-open panorama. Put a tree trunk near each edge of your photo and leave the ridge in the gap. Smaller trees partly screen the view, which gives the lookout its character but keeps the mountains from filling the scene. Two picnic tables make it easy to linger in the shade for a few minutes.
Wildlife
68 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
104 sightingsShort-beaked EchidnaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
64 sightingsRed KangarooMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
219 sightingsCommon WallarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
55 sightingsWestern QuollMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
47 sightingsCommon Brushtail PossumMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Ikara-Flinders Ranges. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ModerateBunyeroo Gorge Hike7.5 km · 3.5 hr · 0.6 km awayA rocky creek-bed wander beneath gum-lined gorge walls.
ModerateBunyeroo and Wilcolo Creeks Hike9.2 km · 5 hr · 0.6 km awayCreek crossings, a quartzite gorge, and a framed hilltop view.
ModerateHeysen Trail Section 59: Bunyeroo to Trezona15 km · 4.5 hr · 1.7 km awayA long walk through old hut country and wide Flinders Ranges views.
Campground · 0.3 km awayAcraman CampgroundFour sites among native pines, a short walk from Bunyeroo Gorge.
Sight · 1.6 km awayBunyeroo GorgeFollow an old coach route through a gum-lined creek bed.
Sight · 2.3 km awayRazorback LookoutThe drive brings you close to Bunyeroo's rugged ridge country.
Sight · 2.7 km awayBunyeroo Valley LookoutA broad first view of the ranges on Bunyeroo Road.
Campground · 3.5 km awayYanyanna HutA rare 1937 iron shelter stands beside the old pastoral stockyards.
Campground · 6.5 km awayCambrian CampgroundUnpowered camping among red gums and native pines along a creek line.
Sight · 7.3 km awayBrachina GorgeA 20 km drive through ancient rock and the Ediacaran story.Parkwolf’s Ikara-Flinders Ranges ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
