18 - 22 April 2004

  
Mt Conner. (91K)18 April 2004
Mt Conner is a huge monolith (erm... I think) formed when a layer of harder rock was deposited on some softer stuff, that was therefore protected from errosion when the rest of the land around was washed away. Erm... or something like that.
Ularu Close up (108K)18 April 2004
Up close and personal with Ularu on the base walk.
Ularu Dusk (96K)18 April 2004
Part of Ularu at dusk.
Champagne Rob (55K)18 April 2004
Rob enjoys a Champagne sunset at Ularu... sans glass (oops).
Ularu Sunset (35K)18 April 2004
Ularu at sunset (the sun is behind us of course!).
Ularu Sunrise (22K)19 April 2004
Ularu at sunrise.
Kata Tjuta Sunrise (35K)19 April 2004
Kata Tjuta (aka The Olgas) at sunrise.
Kata Tjuta (76K)
19 April 2004
Kata Tjuta (aka The Olgas). Damn impressive - more so than Ularu I reckon.
Kata Tjuta Lookout (90K)19 April 2004
View from a lookout whilst walking round Kata Tjuta.
Kings Canyon Ghost Gum (179K)20 April 2004
A ghost gum in Kings Canyon.
Kings Canyon Rob (91K)20 April 2004
Rob trying hard not to look worried whilst posing at the edge of a 100m cliff. Oh, minus sunnies - that's why I look this way really ;-)
Kings Canyon Group (104K)20 April 2004
Apparantly the 'boys' from the Priscilla movie (you know the one I mean) took up this pose, so silly tourist tradition dictates we do the same.

Luckily this also gives you an idea of the huge scale of this place - again, we're standing by the edge of a 100m plus cliff.

Finke River (95K)20 April 2004
Wild horses at dusk by the Finke River, which happens to be the oldest river in the world, and the site of our camp this evening.
Palm Valley (89K)21 April 2004
Palm Valley, close to the Finke River. Very nice.
Palm Valley Panorama (62K)
21 April 2004
Palm Valley panorama - not much else to say really.
Palm Valley (107K)21 April 2004
Another view of Palm Valley, just of the start (or end if you did it our way) of the Mpulungkinya walk.
Serpentine View (52K)
21 April 2004
Part of the Western MacDonnell range as seen from a hill by Serpentine Chalet.
Serpentine Sunset (67K)21 April 2004
Sunset from a hilltop by Serpentine Chalet - our camp site this eveing.
Mt Sonder (44K)22 April 2004
Mt Sonder at sunrise as seen from Glen Helen.
Glen Helen Sunrise (81K)
22 April 2004
The entrance to Glen Helen Gorge at sunrise.
Ormiston Pound (101K)22 April 2004
Ormiston Pound... an area surrounded by mountains - so obviously taken from just outside.
Inside Ormiston Pound (113K)22 April 2004
Sandy river bed inside Ormiston Pound.
Ormiston Gorge (96K)22 April 2004
The beautiful Ormiston Gorge.
Ochre Pits (154K)22 April 2004
Ochre is used by Aboriginal artists in traditional painting. Here we see a pit where several colours can be found.
Ellery Creek Big Hole (81K)22 April 2004
Ellery Creek Big Hole is... erm... a big swimming hole at Ellery Creek. The sun is hot, the water cold, brrrrr!
 
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