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Palya! Welcome to Anangu land When we entered Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park in the Red Centre of Australia, we were given this awesome guide book of Welcome – Palya – as part of the Park entrance fee ($25 per person). (I believe you now need to collect this from the Cultural Centre – and […]
Our planet is precious ~ We are but custodians of an Earth that feeds us, nourishes our bodies and souls and gives us a precious life. So when a scientific research project to study past shorelines around Australia (in relation to climate change) approached me requesting the use of my pictorial Australia map to illustrate the […]
Here on the blog over the last few weeks, I’ve been highlighting adventures from my road trip through Australia’s red centre. So far I’ve shared photos from my first ever trip to Uluru and Kata Tjuta , followed by the drive out of Alice Springs along the West MacDonnell Range… But this week, we’re taking a break from […]
After heading west out of Alice Springs along the MacDonnell Ranges for 132 km, the fourth highest mountain in the Northern Territory came into view to our north… … Mount Sonder, which stands 1,380 meters above sea level (4,528 feet) Mount Sonder is the end ‘marker’ of the famed Larapinta walking trail that traverses across country 223 kilometres […]
Continuing along the West MacDonnell ranges, after our stops at Standley Chasm and the Ochre Pits we travelled the last 25 km to Ormiston Gorge, which after leaving Namatjira Drive crossed several dry creek beds adorned with stately eucalypts. It had been a long hot day and the sight of the water in Ormiston Gorge was welcoming 🙂 It took no […]
Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) I so nearly trod on this poor little chap! We’d stopped for breakfast on the way to Standley Chasm. I was walking through the leaf litter to get a photo of our motorhome (camperbus!) when as I moved forward there was a rustling movement underfoot! Yikes! What was I about to […]
If the ‘Ochre Pits’ sounds like the ‘pits’ to you, you’re wrong! I have to be honest, when one of our group on this trip to the Red Centre said they particularly wanted to stop off at the Ochre Pits, in the MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs, my heart didn’t particularly sing 😉 Scanning […]
The colour contrasts in Standley Chasm This was my favourite image of Standley Chasm when we visited. Just 50km west of Alice Springs in the MacDonnel Ranges, Central Australia. There is so much more to see in the Red Centre than just Uluru and Kata Tjuta I need to return! What places have you been too and […]
I love travelling by camperbus… or is it called a campervan, or even a motorhome?! I’m not sure what the exact difference is? (If you know do tell in the comments below!) But the bit I love the most about travelling this way is when you feel a tad peckish, a tiny bit thirsty or […]
Farewell 2011… Welcome 2012 As we herald in a New Year I’m always excited by the blank canvas that lays before me. What will I fill the empty spaces with? Will it go as anticipated? …or will there be serendipitous encounters resulting in spontaneous changes of plan (as in taking an on the spur trip […]
