As I approached the Flinders from the North the magnificently stark and torn rocks rise out of the harsh dry desert quite suddenly. The North Flinders have the oldest rocks and some exposed layers date back 1600 million years (1.6 billion). The landscape is also very arid and bare, in fact the North Flinders has less water than the surrounding desert because it doesn&rsquo;t enjoy the many springs and bores that tap into the Artesian Basin as the basin doesn&rsquo;t extend down this far. The unique geology of these mountains has attracted scientists and artists in equal numbers for over 100 years. The most well known Australian to study the Flinders was Sir Douglas Mawson of Antarctica fame, who coined the phrase when describing these mountains as &ldquo;&hellip;the bones of nature laid bare&hellip;&rdquo;, which I thought was an excellent description.