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So much action, not enough blogging - or mobile coverage
We have collected our additional camper - Delsia - who is travelling with us for the next 3 weeks. We met up with some other campers at the Alice Springs caravan park - Michelle and Ron, and their daughter Tayla - she and Trixie have become great friends. We spent the day travelling through the East MacDonnell Ranges together, with the kids playing in the water in the Trephina Gorge. We then decided to travel together to see the N'dhala Gorge, which has over 6000 rock carvings. This road had been closed due to the large creek and river crossings - but we decided to have some real adventure and went 4WD - which was not only fun, but a great feeling to leave the bitumen and do something a bit different, and see things that not many get to see. This section of the day took longer than we thought, and we ended up travelling home through Ross River Station in the dark.It was a great day, and we would not done it had we not teamed up with Michelle and Ron. That night were we awoken by the very close howling of a dingo - which pretty much finished all sleep for me for the rest of the night!!!
We then packed up and ventured off to Yulara. This was a day that was mainly travel - as it is close to 500kms from Alice. We went up to an observation dune and watched the sun set over Uluru, with Hunter taking a large number of photos of the changing colours. Again, there were dingos howling, but these were in the distance, so all good.
We got up and went out to Uluru - the climb was closed due to high winds, so it gave us a chance to walk around the base and do the various walks. They opened to climb after lunch, so Dek, Delsia and Hunter headed off. We were left nervous on the ground, so Oscar, Trix and I went to Talinguru Nyakunytjaku (find the spelling mistake now Patty!!) and did the dune walks, and learnt a lot about the traditional foods and ceremonies. We went back to collect the climbers, and they returned after 2.5 hours. They were very excited about their achievement, we were simply relieved!
Sunday saw us pack-up and head out to Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). We did the gorge walk and loved the complexity of the rocks that form this mountain feature. This was a place of mens business. We had a quick cuppa and started the trek to Kings Canyon, as we had arranged to meet up with team Adelaide again, Ron, Michelle and Tayla. We arrived at the Kings Canyon "resort" in time to set up and watch the sun set over the ranges - and to also see the Dingos appear in the camp before the sun had set. Someone lost their steak off the BBQ, and four shoes had gone missing before dark - so Hunter set himself up the top of the trailer as the "Dog Spotter".
So much action, not enough blogging - or mobile coverage
We have collected our additional camper - Delsia - who is travelling with us for the next 3 weeks. We met up with some other campers at the Alice Springs caravan park - Michelle and Ron, and their daughter Tayla - she and Trixie have become great friends. We spent the day travelling through the East MacDonnell Ranges together, with the kids playing in the water in the Trephina Gorge. We then decided to travel together to see the N'dhala Gorge, which has over 6000 rock carvings. This road had been closed due to the large creek and river crossings - but we decided to have some real adventure and went 4WD - which was not only fun, but a great feeling to leave the bitumen and do something a bit different, and see things that not many get to see. This section of the day took longer than we thought, and we ended up travelling home through Ross River Station in the dark.It was a great day, and we would not done it had we not teamed up with Michelle and Ron. That night were we awoken by the very close howling of a dingo - which pretty much finished all sleep for me for the rest of the night!!!
We then packed up and ventured off to Yulara. This was a day that was mainly travel - as it is close to 500kms from Alice. We went up to an observation dune and watched the sun set over Uluru, with Hunter taking a large number of photos of the changing colours. Again, there were dingos howling, but these were in the distance, so all good.
We got up and went out to Uluru - the climb was closed due to high winds, so it gave us a chance to walk around the base and do the various walks. They opened to climb after lunch, so Dek, Delsia and Hunter headed off. We were left nervous on the ground, so Oscar, Trix and I went to Talinguru Nyakunytjaku (find the spelling mistake now Patty!!) and did the dune walks, and learnt a lot about the traditional foods and ceremonies. We went back to collect the climbers, and they returned after 2.5 hours. They were very excited about their achievement, we were simply relieved!
Sunday saw us pack-up and head out to Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). We did the gorge walk and loved the complexity of the rocks that form this mountain feature. This was a place of mens business. We had a quick cuppa and started the trek to Kings Canyon, as we had arranged to meet up with team Adelaide again, Ron, Michelle and Tayla. We arrived at the Kings Canyon "resort" in time to set up and watch the sun set over the ranges - and to also see the Dingos appear in the camp before the sun had set. Someone lost their steak off the BBQ, and four shoes had gone missing before dark - so Hunter set himself up the top of the trailer as the "Dog Spotter".
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