A dreaming story says the devil man created these features when he left twirled clusters of hair on the ground that became round boulders.
The devils marbles.
The devils marbles are located within the karlu karlu devils marbles conservation reserve on the stuart highway 393 kilometres north of alice springs almost 4 hours drive and 105 kilometres an hour s drive south of tennant creek.
These impressive granite boulders are peppered around a sprawling valley about 100 kilometres to the south of tennant creek.
The devils marbles or karlu karlu as they are known by the local warumungu aboriginals are a collection of huge red rounded granite boulders.
The devils marbles are an iconic landmark in australia s outback.
The local indigenous australians call the region karlu karlu round boulders and consider it a sacred site.
Actually they vary in size from 50 cm up to six metres across and they are strewn across a large area.
The natural processes of weathering and erosion have created the various shapes of the boulders.
The devils marbles are large granitic boulders that form the exposed top layer of an extensive and mostly underground granite formation.
The devils marbles are a collection of massive granite boulders strewn across a valley south of tennant creek.