Kanku - Breakaways Conservation Park
Kanku - Breakaways Conservation Park
Kanku - Breakaways Conservation Park
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- Michael-4551Caloundra, Australia5,458 contributionsAmazingVisited on Friday 5th May. A visit here was part of The Ghan excursion I was on. What could be better, late afternoon with a glass of bubbles and taking in this amazing view. Well worth coming to see.Visited May 2023Travelled soloWritten 16 June 2023
- Chris B16 contributionsAmazing ViewsJust came back from Cooper Pedy again & high on my list is always the Breakaways. It's like going into another world. It is truly so beautiful the landscapes are spectacular & the colours change so much. Sunsets there are worth experiencing thats for sure. Highly recommend. Do the tour with George from Oasis tourist Park is a must do.Visited July 2023Travelled soloWritten 17 July 2023
- KatielouAustraliaHobart, Australia1,734 contributionsSpectacular colorsA must-see on your trip to Coober Pedy. Colorful hills that have broken away (hence the name) due to the long-gone inland sea. The colors change with the sun. Lovely location in the late afternoon with a glass of bubbles.Visited October 2023Travelled with friendsWritten 5 November 2023
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KatielouAustralia
Hobart, Australia1,734 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Friends
A must-see on your trip to Coober Pedy. Colorful hills that have broken away (hence the name) due to the long-gone inland sea. The colors change with the sun. Lovely location in the late afternoon with a glass of bubbles.
Written 6 November 2023
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Heather H
Melbourne, Australia4 contributions
Sep. 2022 • Couples
We took so many pictures just amazing monolithic rocks. Colourful. The only problem were the flies. So take your face nets to avoids eating the darn things.
Written 21 August 2023
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Chris B
16 contributions
Jul. 2023 • Solo
Just came back from Cooper Pedy again & high on my list is always the Breakaways. It's like going into another world. It is truly so beautiful the landscapes are spectacular & the colours change so much. Sunsets there are worth experiencing thats for sure. Highly recommend. Do the tour with George from Oasis tourist Park is a must do.
Written 17 July 2023
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Michael-4551
Caloundra, Australia5,458 contributions
May 2023 • Solo
Visited on Friday 5th May. A visit here was part of The Ghan excursion I was on. What could be better, late afternoon with a glass of bubbles and taking in this amazing view. Well worth coming to see.
Written 17 June 2023
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K B
Lafayette, CA443 contributions
Apr. 2023
The Breakaways should not be missed. A stark desert landscape, it is colorful and beautiful. Although on a group bus tour, we thoroughly enjoyed the place.
Written 14 May 2023
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Adventurers049
Brisbane, Australia3,377 contributions
Mar. 2023 • Couples
This is a self-guided tour and it is fantastic.
You can stand next to the "dog fence" that disappears over the horizon in each direction.
If you plan your drive carefully, you can have sundowners at one of the lookouts that open up to amazing vistas.
You can stand next to the "dog fence" that disappears over the horizon in each direction.
If you plan your drive carefully, you can have sundowners at one of the lookouts that open up to amazing vistas.
Written 12 April 2023
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Glen C
7 contributions
Feb. 2023
This was my first - but will not be my last - trip to the Breakaways.
I was here for business and that business is IN the Breakaways - coordinating the 2023 Marathon.
Standing at the Lookouts, admiring Two Dogs, marveling at the Dog Fence and reading the First Nations' details of what the area means to them - all with not another physical being in sight, but feeling the energy of the land filling your soul - there is nothing like it.
If you love an endless horizon of the timeless land that we live, work and play on, this is the place for you.
I was here for business and that business is IN the Breakaways - coordinating the 2023 Marathon.
Standing at the Lookouts, admiring Two Dogs, marveling at the Dog Fence and reading the First Nations' details of what the area means to them - all with not another physical being in sight, but feeling the energy of the land filling your soul - there is nothing like it.
If you love an endless horizon of the timeless land that we live, work and play on, this is the place for you.
Written 18 February 2023
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Sam
14 contributions
Feb. 2023 • Solo
Awesome out of this world like nothing else iv seen. At this time of writing the track from stuart highway very good to lookout. After first lookout only 4x4 as washouts from rain
Written 3 February 2023
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Vicki J
Woodend, Australia595 contributions
Jan. 2023
Had the place to ourselves to watch a sunset. Very thankful of our fly nets and it was hot but oh wow the scenery. We could have been the only people on the planet that evening so lucky that we were alone. The colours changing as the sun set have to be seen that alone is worth the drive. Incredible rock formations with incredible dreaming stories attached to them. It was well worth the flies and heat the drive out to the breakaways is amazing on its own. We took out time driving back to Coober Pedy just soaking it all in.
Written 30 January 2023
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John F
Auckland Central, New Zealand214 contributions
Sep. 2022
The Breakaways are so similar to the Bad Lands of South Dakota that you would almost think they were in the same place. But the Breakways are much smaller. The colours of the rocks are amazing, and the land forms, shapes and history worth spending time over.
You will need to travel out of Coober Pedy to get there and a tour is probably the best way to do this. On the way take time to consider the dog fence, a fence designed to keep dingoes out of the south which, by implication at least, demonstrates the complete eradication of these wonderful natural creatures throughout much of southern Australia. All in the name of sheep.
Still worth a visit, but if you have been to have been to Badlands NP you may be disappointed.
You will need to travel out of Coober Pedy to get there and a tour is probably the best way to do this. On the way take time to consider the dog fence, a fence designed to keep dingoes out of the south which, by implication at least, demonstrates the complete eradication of these wonderful natural creatures throughout much of southern Australia. All in the name of sheep.
Still worth a visit, but if you have been to have been to Badlands NP you may be disappointed.
Written 24 September 2022
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#jerographs
Adelaide, Australia355 contributions
do you need a 4*4 to drive around?
Apolonia70
adelaide1,550 contributions
Hi. While some parts are elevated the access roads easily manoeuvred by cars. A family small example but has good lookouts and the road takes you down to ground level. Nice excursion.
Can we walk around without paying for tour?
Bushwalker_13
Adelaide, Australia4,220 contributions
Yes but there is a fee for access to the kank breakaways conservation park. $10 per vehicle payable at the a visitor info center
Look the park up on the parks dot SA dot gov dot au website for more info and all the rules
I can't post the link for you as posting website links in answers is against the rules
.parks.sa.gov.au/find-a-park/Browse_by_region/flinders-ranges-outback/kanku-breakaways-conservation-park#fees
Ymae
Wellington, New Zealand75 contributions
Bonjour, j'imagine que sur la piste on prend son temps mais pourriez vous me préciser (grosso modo et tranquillement) le temps qu'il faut compter pour faire les 39km du Breakaways C.Park en voiture ? Merci.
apsara974
Saint-Denis, Reunion Island119 contributions
Bonjour
En prenant vraiment notre temps en faisant des petites marches et en savourant le silence on a mis à peu près trois heures.
Arlene R
Geelong, Australia2 contributions
We are travelling with small dogs. Can we have them in the car whilevisiting the breakaways?
ClaireVictorHarbor
Victor Harbor, Australia53 contributions
Confirm at your accomodation but I think so
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