Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve

Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve, the gigantic crater left by a comet which hit the earth well over 100 million years ago, was discovered by Ernest Giles in 1872 and named after Harry Gosse, a telegraph operator in Alice Springs. It has yielded much valuable scientific information, particularly by satellite photographs. The crater and its rim have been much worn down by weathering.

Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve is of great importance to the Western Arrernte Aboriginal people. The area is said to have been formed by a baby falling out of its wooden carrier while women were dancing across the Milky Way.