Chambers Pillar Historical Reserve

Chambers Pillar - Chambers Pillar Historical Reserve visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Chambers Pillar' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Northern Territory.

Chambers Pillar (Aboriginal name 'Idracowra' or 'Etikaura') Historical Reserve lies 160km south of Alice Springs, along the Old South Road on a turnoff to the west of Maryvale Station.

Erosion by wind and rain has left an isolated pillar of 350 million year old sandstone towering 50 meters above the surrounding plain covered by spinifex and red sand.

John MacDouall Stuart, heading north on his earliest attempt to cross Australia, first recorded the pillar in April 1860 and named it after James Chambers, one of his South Australian sponsors.

The road to the reserve is unsealed and may be closed after rain. After the Maryvale turnoff, a 4WD is required to negotiate the deep sand drifts and steep jump ups.