We discover an ancient rock

Last weekend we drove through the delightful Inman Valley only 15 minutes from home: a winding tree-shaded road, rolling green fields, grazing cattle and sheep, a yabbie farm... and a 270-million-year-old rock.

The valley itself was created as giant sheets of ice flowed north from Victor Harbor during the late Carboniferous/Permian period, back when Australia was still part of the super continent Gondwana (yes, I got that from the interpretive sign).  As the ice eventually melted, huge boulders were left behind, including this one that's regarded as one of the largest glacial pavements in the world; it clearly shows all the striations and gouges that the glacier ice made. The rock was discovered and recognised for what it is in 1859.

I then tried to be creative with my photography, and focussed on the reflections.

After viewing the rock from different viewing spots, we rested in the grounds of the Rock View Cafe and demolished a Devonshire tea.  Rock viewing can be very strenuous!

On the way back we passed an old property.