 | 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. |
 | 18 April 2004 Up close and personal with Ularu on the base walk. |
 | 18 April 2004 Part of Ularu at dusk. |
 | 18 April 2004 Rob enjoys a Champagne sunset at Ularu... sans glass (oops). |
 | 18 April 2004 Ularu at sunset (the sun is behind us of course!). |
 | 19 April 2004 Ularu at sunrise. |
 | 19 April 2004 Kata Tjuta (aka The Olgas) at sunrise. |
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19 April 2004 Kata Tjuta (aka The Olgas). Damn impressive - more so than Ularu I reckon. |
 | 19 April 2004 View from a lookout whilst walking round Kata Tjuta. |
 | 20 April 2004 A ghost gum in Kings Canyon. |
 | 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  |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 21 April 2004 Palm Valley, close to the Finke River. Very nice. |
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21 April 2004 Palm Valley panorama - not much else to say really. |
 | 21 April 2004 Another view of Palm Valley, just of the start (or end if you did it our way) of the Mpulungkinya walk. |
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21 April 2004 Part of the Western MacDonnell range as seen from a hill by Serpentine Chalet. |
 | 21 April 2004 Sunset from a hilltop by Serpentine Chalet - our camp site this eveing. |
 | 22 April 2004 Mt Sonder at sunrise as seen from Glen Helen. |
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22 April 2004 The entrance to Glen Helen Gorge at sunrise. |
 | 22 April 2004 Ormiston Pound... an area surrounded by mountains - so obviously taken from just outside. |
 | 22 April 2004 Sandy river bed inside Ormiston Pound. |
 | 22 April 2004 The beautiful Ormiston Gorge. |
 | 22 April 2004 Ochre is used by Aboriginal artists in traditional painting. Here we see a pit where several colours can be found. |
 | 22 April 2004 Ellery Creek Big Hole is... erm... a big swimming hole at Ellery Creek. The sun is hot, the water cold, brrrrr! |