At the Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island with a rock that looks like the west coast of Australia. © Stephanie Glaser 2010
I’m no geologist, but rocks have fascinated me for quite some time. I love how they are completely created by the changes in nature. The following rock photos are mainly from Australia, which ROCKS (sorry, pun intended) in terms of cool geological formations. In earlier posts, I’ve included photos of Uluru, which is magnificent and magical, (and also here) so I’m focusing on some other very cool rocks this time. The above photo and the next three are of the Remarkable Rocks in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
More remarkable shapes at Flinder Chase National Park in Australia. © Stephanie Glaser 2010
Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island, South Australia as you approach. © Stephanie Glaser 2010
The rock behind my son Eddie almost looks like a dinosaur bone. At the Remarkable Rocks, Kangaroo Island, SA. 2010
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Coober Pedy, South Australia
My husband Kurt has Opal Fever in Coober Pedy, South Australia. Eddie just wants to slide down the huge mound. 2010
My daughter Kasey noodling for opals at a mining museum in Coober Pedy, South Australia.
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The Pinnacles at Nambung National Park, Western Australia
Crazy lighting at the limestone pinnacles Nambung National Park in Western Australia. © Stephanie Glaser (2010)
More angles of the fascinating pinnacles © Stephanie Glaser 2010.
It almost looks like a stegosaurus was buried in sand. The pinnacles have such a mysterious appearance it wouldn’t really surprise me if dinosaurs were part of their makeup. © Stephanie Glaser (2010)
Eddie reflecting on what looks like Bugles chips. (2010)
Kasey studies a pinnacle. (2010).
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Visegrád, Hungary
This rock wall is part of the castle that sits up on top of one of the hills of Visegrád, Hungary. © Stephanie Glaser (2006)
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Bali, Indonesia
Hindu priests take a break from giving rice blessings at the temple Tanah Lot in Bali. The volcanic rock jutting out makes for a place to take a breather. © Stephanie Glaser (2010)
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Alligator Gorge, Mount Remarkable National Park, South Australia.
Kurt with Eddie and Kasey in Alligator Gorge part of Mount Remarkable National Park in South Australia The Alligator Creek carved out this gorge of quartzite. © Stephanie Glaser (2010).
Eucalyptus trees contrast with the quartzite rock wall in the background at Alligator Gorge, South Australia. © Stephanie Glaser (2010)
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The Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia
The stunning limestone Twelve Apostles along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. © Stephanie Glaser (2010)
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Chaffee and Fremont Counties, Colorado, USA
A raft emerges from around the corner of granite rocks along the canyon of Fremont Co., Colorado. © Stephanie Glaser (2013)
Kids perched on river rocks watch kayakers play in Arkansas River in Salida, CO, © Stephanie Glaser 2013
The granite rock walls of the canon of Fremont Co. in Colorado can be breathtaking and a bit intimidating. © Stephanie Glaser 2013.
I was trying to capture the contrast of the granite rocks with the clouds on this one. Fremont Co. Colorado. (2013)
Maybe I won’t park here. Fremont co. Colorado 2013
Travel Oops 
This was very informative. I love rock formations and some of these may end up on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thanks so much for checking out the post! I highly recommend visiting Australia to look at rock formations for a bucket list item. 🙂 Cheers!
Stephanie, as it happens, I AM a geologist, and I think rocks are cool as well. Nice pix. ~James
How cool, James — so when you see cool rock formations, you know what they are — excellent. When I was in Australia, I wished I had taken a geology class because the rocks were so fantastic. Actually, now I notice rock formations wherever I go. Thanks for the comment 🙂
I have a funny story re: rocks. My husband is from Western Australia and the first time I took him to Sydney (where I originate) I told him we’d go to ‘The Rocks it’s really nice.
We’d been walking around the Rocks for about 40 minutes and he says I still haven’t seen the rocks. Haha he thought the Rocks were actually rocks. I didn’t think to explain that it is just an area of Sydney.
Gorgeous photos xo
I love it — that is hilarious! I know exactly which area you’re talking about in Sydney (one of my favorite neighborhoods). I can totally understand how it would be somewhat confusing — especially for someone from WA where there are so many rocks areas of the geological sort. Thanks for sharing the story 🙂
Amazing photos! 🙂
Thank you so much! I love taking photos of rocks. Muito obrigado! 🙂
Those are some neat rocks! I especially like limestone 12 Apostles… Reminds me a little of Halong Bay in Vietnam… Rocks are cool. Can you imagine a world without them?
Thanks, Jessica! Yes, the 12 Apostles are AMAZING! I would love to see Halong Bay (definitely a Bucket List item). Thanks for the comment. Cheers!
I gotta say, I read the title and thought, oh the Rocks in Sydney, but it was about real rocks, lol, there are some great ones here.
I love it! It’s funny because the Rocks is probably my favorite area in Sydney. I love the old feel to it and the penal colony leftovers. In fact, I have a photo of one of the Rocks’s signs. I should put it in the post for fun. Thanks, Leanne!