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GOYDER’S REPORT ON THE COUNTRY [Nov. 9, 1857. 
ever, is the northern portion of the range, which terminates abruptly 
in a supposed resemblance to the stern of a Dutch vessel. 
About 6 miles north of the pass, a track branches to the left, over 
Pinkerton Creek, to Kanowie and the western plains ; the road to 
Balcarrie continuing along the plain to Pichi-richi — a creek from 
which the pass takes its name — and thence to the Wiroughra Creek 
at Balcarrie, from whence a fine view of the surrounding country is 
obtained. 
From Balcarrie the road bears 30° east of north, in the direction 
of Watts’s Sugarloaf — a conical hill in the range west of Kanyaka — 
passing over a beautiful grassy flat for about 10 miles to the 
Woorianda Creek, near its junction with the Kanyaka, when the 
country becomes more hilly. The road continues for 5 miles farther, 
in the direction of the Sugarloaf, along the east bank of the Kanyaka, 
passing the head station of Messrs. Grant and Phillips, which is 
rapidly assuming the appearance of a village. It then crosses the 
creek and follows its west bank to its source, immediately beyond 
which the landscape is exceedingly fine — the Pound Range appearing 
to the north, with Rawnsley Bluff, Point Bonney, St. Mary’s Peak, 
and Mount Boord in bold relief against the sky— having Chase and 
Elder Ranges to the right and left, springing from the long rich 
plains on either side of the Wornoka Creek ; while, to the westward, 
the foreground is occupied by the Wornoka Hill and Yenbulli, with 
its castellated rocks. 
After passing the Wornoka, and crossing the plains north of that 
creek to the water-parting south-east of Elder Range, the country 
assumes a more broken appearance. The track, following a creek 
in a northerly direction to its junction with the Arquaba, continues 
along the banks of that creek to Point Bonney, passing Mr. Frank 
Marchanf'S station and Rawnsley Bluff; the former 30, and the 
latter 38 miles from Kanyaka. The scenery is hilly throughout, 
and of the most pleasing character ; but the roads extremely rough 
and tortuous, and capable of but little improvement. 
Rawnsley Bluff, Point Bonney, St. Mary Peak, and Mount Boord 
are the highest points of the range surrounding the Wilpina Pound, 
the only entrance to which is through the gap from which the 
waters of the Passmore find their way to the eastern plains. Of 
these pounds there are several in the northern districts, the Wilpina 
and Anglo-pina being the largest. The whole of the detached 
ranges, however, partake more or less of this character ; and, from 
their appearance, justify the conclusion that they are of more recent 
formation than those of Flinders or the main eastern range. In the 
latter case, the surface is generally covered with fragments of clay- 
