Simpsons GapFauna of Simpsons Gap Flora of Simpsons Gap Landscape of Simpsons Gap

Easily accessed, the Simpsons Gap area includes large areas of Mulga, as well as a stronghold for over 40 rare and relic plants. It is also an area that has important spiritual meaning for the Arrernte Aboriginal people, being where several dreaming trails and stories cross.

Some of the following listed flora can usually be seen by visitors exploring this region of the West MacDonnell Ranges:

Bull Rushes

Bull Rushes (Typha domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Bull rushes at Simpsons Gap
Bull Rushes (Typha domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Bull rushes at Simpsons Gap
Bull Rushes (Typha domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Bull rushes at Simpsons Gap
Bull Rushes (Typha domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Bull rushes at Simpsons Gap
Centralian Tree Frog in the bull rushes (T. domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Centralian Tree Frog in the bull rushes at Simpsons Gap
Centralian Tree Frog in the bull rushes (T. domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Centralian Tree Frog in the bull rushes at Simpsons Gap
Bull Rushes (Typha domingensis), Simpsons Gap

Native Fig

Native Fig (Ficus platypoda), Simpsons Gap
Native Fig at Simpsons Gap
Native Fig (Ficus platypoda), Simpsons Gap
Native Fig at Simpsons Gap
Native Fig (Ficus platypoda), Simpsons Gap
Native Fig at Simpsons Gap
Native Fig (Ficus platypoda), Simpsons Gap
Native Fig at Simpsons Gap
Native Fig (Ficus platypoda), Simpsons Gap
Native Fig at Simpsons Gap
Native Fig (Ficus platypoda), Simpsons Gap
Native Fig at Simpsons Gap
Native Fig (Ficus platypoda), Simpsons Gap

Our Flora section has more information on the Native Fig.

Ghost Gum

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Ghost Gum at Simpsons Gap
Ghost Gum (Corymbia aparrerinja), Simpsons Gap
Ghost Gum at Simpsons Gap
Ghost Gum (Corymbia aparrerinja), Simpsons Gap
Ghost Gum at Simpsons Gap
Ghost Gum (Corymbia aparrerinja), Simpsons Gap

Our Flora section has more information on the Ghost Gum.

More information coming…

Simpsons GapFauna of Simpsons Gap Flora of Simpsons Gap Landscape of Simpsons Gap

West MacDonnell RangesBirthday Waterhole Ellery Creek Big Hole Finke Two Mile Glen Helen Gorge Jay Creek John Flynn’s Grave Historical Reserve Laura Creek Larapinta Drive Mount Sonder / Rwetyepme Namatjira Drive The Neil Hargrave Lookout Ochre Pits Ormiston Gorge & Pound Point Howard Lookout Redbank Gorge Simpsons Gap

MacDonnell RangesEast MacDonnell Ranges West MacDonnell Ranges Tjoritja West MacDonnell National Park