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perry sandhills - wentworth - outback nsw

The prevailing winds create intriguing patterns of the shifting sands of Perry Sandhills. Wentworth, Outback NSW, Australia.

Perry Sandhills, located about 10kms from Wentworth, are a remarkable sight; especially at dawn and dusk when the low sun illuminates the dunes revealing amazing colours, textures, and shadows.

Experts believe the sand hills originated around 40,000 years ago at the time of a severe ice age and have resulted from thousands of years of wind erosion picking up and depositing the fine sand forming the shifting dunes. In a similar way to Lake Mungo (Mungo National Park) the constant erosion of the dunes reveals evidence of past forms of human habitation and mega-fauna; an area of great biological significance and particular relevance to anthropology.