Temple Bar 2
From Red Bank Gorge I decided to return to Temple Bar Caravan Park for a shower and to contemplate my next move. I would highly recommend this park. It has low fees ($12), is situated only 7km from town, is clean and tidy, lots of shade and has scenic surroundings. On the way I stopped […]
Red Bank Gorge
This is probably the best of the easily accessible gorges in this part of the MacDonnell Ranges. I was thinking while I was here that often the reality of a place fails to match the expectation. These gorges actually are equal to or better than expectations. The hardness of the desert landscape, the sharpness of […]
Ormiston Gorge
This is one of the more well known stops in the MacDonnell Ranges. In the high season there would be coaches coming and going full of day tourist. As it is, it is not the high season so although still popular it is not crowded. The camp itself is nothing special, I suppose the gorge […]
Neil Hargrave Lookout
I originally intended to stay at Ellery Creek Big Hole (see photos) but I noticed there was Internet available at the lookout camp just up the road where I can download some Gaia topographic maps of this area. The visit to Ellery Creek answered a lot of questions about the logistics of the Larapinta Trail. […]
Temple Bar
After 9 days I ended my ‘time-out’ in Alice Springs and moved to a new camp. This camp is only a few kilometres from the last but is well out of town and surrounded by the typical dry rocky ridges of the Flinders Ranges around Alice Springs. With the 38 degree days lately I began […]
Alice Springs
Alice Springs was a major destination on my tour, I suspect it is an important destination on anyone’s tour. If there is one thing you can say about ‘The Alice’, it is very central. It was refreshing to drive into this iconic town and be welcomed by a real Australian flag waving proudly in the […]
Prowse Gap Rest Area
I was hoping this place was nearby. I planned to stay somewhere between Ti Tree and Alice Springs and I had a feeling this place was in the vicinity. I remembered the place from both previous trips down the Sturt Highway and I like revisiting places to reset my memories. From here I will probably […]
Barrow Creek
My impression of this place is that it is ok to be quirky but quirky is not the same thing as run-down and untidy. Litter is an eye-sore and except for litterers, no one likes it. These people must have money coming in from somewhere else, I saw about three customers in the 18 hours […]
Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles)
I was thinking on the way here that this place really needs to get its traditional name back, ‘Devils Marbles’, ….really? This is a sacred Aboriginal site. On entering the park I was heartened to learn that it has got it’s real name back ‘Karlu Karlu’. The white tourists won’t get their heads around this […]
Tennant Creek
I did not plan to stay here but I needed supplies and the local IGA was closed because the local kids set fire to it and beer shops don’t open until the afternoon. I booked into the caravan park and it looks like I’m the only one here. Welcome to Tennant Creek. When I turned […]