Tnorala / Gosse Bluff Conservation Reserve
Also known as Gosse Bluff, Tnorala Conservation Reserve, located 175 kilometres West of Alice Springs, was created approximately 142 million years ago, when a huge comet struck Central Australia, leaving one of the largest impact craters in the world. The site is best appreciated when viewed from the air, but a good vista is still afforded from Tyler's Pass. Much of the crater has been eroded away with the original bed of the crater now 2 kilometres below the surface.
The reserve is of great cultural significant to the Western Arrernte Aboriginal people. According to their beliefs, Tnorala was formed in the creation time when a group of women danced across the sky as the Milky Way. During this dance, a mother put her baby aside, resting in its wooden baby carrier. The carrier toppled over the edge of the dancing area and crashed to earth where it was transformed into the circular rock formation of Tnorala.
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