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Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 18 January 2024  Page Views: 30554

Modern SitesSite Name: Nala Stone Men
Country: Australia Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Peterborough
Latitude: 31.45849S  Longitude: 138.736140E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Nala Stone Men
Nala Stone Men submitted by Dodomad : The Nala Stone Men is a location in the TV thriller The Tourist. Several crude but atmospheric stone sculptures resembling human forms which are glimpsed in photos early on, and which go on to play an important role towards the end of Series 1. The arrangement of their legs looks somewhat like smaller versions of the famous Stonehenge trilithons with extra stones stacked on top to form their bodie... (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Nala Stone Men is a location in the TV thriller The Tourist. Several crude but atmospheric stone sculptures resembling human forms which are glimpsed in photos early on, and which go on to play an important role towards the end of Series 1. The arrangement of their legs looks somewhat like smaller versions of the famous Stonehenge trilithons with extra stones stacked on top to form their bodies. As far as I can ascertain they are purely fictional and were created for the TV show.

I don't know the location of where the Stone Men were constructed for filming, or anything remains of them - do you? Please leave a comment if you do and I will update the location on our map.

For this reason I have chosen a well known lookout spot in the Flinders Ranges which might be a good starting point. Stokes Hill Lookout is accessed approximately 20km north of the Wilpena Pound Resort turn off on the Flinders Ranges Way.

The Tourist was written by Jack and Harry Williams (The Missing, Baptiste, Liar), the story follows a Northern Irishman who wakes up in the Australian Outback with amnesia following a car crash. As he tries to piece his life together, he quickly realises someone is after him and wants him dead.

Where was the TV thriller The Tourist filmed?

Australian mountain range Flinders Ranges features in The Tourist, with the production building a petrol station in that part of the outback.

Located approximately 125 miles north of Adelaide, the range stretches over 430km, with parts of the land being given protected area status including the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park and the Mount Remarkable National Park.

The South Australian town of Peterborough provided a backdrop for some episodes of The Tourist, located just off of the Barrier Highway. The town is mostly remote and sparsely populated, providing an unforgiving landscape as the perfect setting for a man struggling with amnesia.

The Tourist locations: Is Burnt Ridge a real place?

Much of the action in the BBC drama The Tourist centres around an area called Burnt Ridge. In fact, Burnt Ridge is a fictional town in South Australia.

With many thanks to Radio Times - more filming locations for The Tourist are described in their article: http://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-tourist-bbc-one-filming-locations/

I don't know the location of where the Nala Stone Men were constructed for filming, or anything remains of them - do you? Please leave a comment if you do and I will update the location on our map.
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Nala Stone Men
Nala Stone Men submitted by Dodomad : The Nala Stone Men is a location in the TV thriller The Tourist. Several crude but atmospheric stone sculptures resembling human forms which are glimpsed in photos early on, and which go on to play an important role towards the end of Series 1. The arrangement of their legs looks somewhat like smaller versions of the famous Stonehenge trilithons with extra stones stacked on top to form their bodie... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stokes Hill Lookout
Deep in the Ranges
Euro (Common Wallaroo) Australia
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View from Willow Springs Station looking over Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges South Australia

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 732.5km SSE 166° Mount Gambier* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
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 1000.3km ESE 109° 51-1-0053 Stone Row / Alignment
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Re: Nala Stone Men by Anonymous on Sunday, 10 March 2024
They are an almost exact copies of the stone figures of the Inuit people of Artic Canada. They are used as location markers
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Re: Nala Stone Men by Anonymous on Tuesday, 20 February 2024
I'm retired from the film industry in Hollywood. When the script called for something like the Stone Men, they would typically be made from sculpted and painted styrofoam. I know it's anti-climatic and not very much fun to know about because it would ruin a lot of your favorite films and shows if you saw how fake everything typically is. Having said that, I have no knowledge of the Nala Stone Men of Australia. It could, of course, be real but I imagine stones that large would at minimum require the use of cranes or heavy forklifts to construct. It would be cool if they are really real and I look forward to any further information on them. Cheers!
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Re: Nala Stone Men by Anonymous on Tuesday, 06 February 2024
The Nala stone men look like the inuksuit (inukshuk) stone formations made by the native people in the arctic regions of Alaska to provide wayfinding and other information in that barren landscape. I think the set designers must have known something of the Artic.
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