Chambers pillar
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Chambers Pillar is a sandstone formation some 160km south of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, which rises 50 metres above the surrounding plain. Erosion by wind and rain has left this isolated pillar of 350 million year old sandstone.
Chambers Pillar was discovered in April 1860 by John MacDougall Stuart, naming it after James Chambers, one of his South Australian sponsors. Since then, this important landmark has been subject to graffiti over the following 146 years. This has proven a dilemma for the government body looking after it. At what age is graffiti of historical importance and not just graffiti?
It is accessible by 4WD track only. Day tours from Alice Springs often go here combined with a trip to Rainbow Valley.
