Nothing beats the raw power power of a two kilometer long diesel-electric train pulling a full load but the interstate road trains we shared the roads with have an awesomeness all of their own. Most of the road trains we saw consisted of a prime-mover and three trailers and probably weighing in between 100 and […]
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For the most part the critters we encountered at Uluru and Kings Canyon were timid and did not easily allow themselves to be photographed. This Ring-tailed Dragon (Ctenophorus caudicinctus) at the start of the Kings Canyon rim walk was one notable exception. He was happy to sit here on this rock watching just meters from […]
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A view sought after by many visitors to Uluru who then encounter the ethical dilemma which follows, climb and fulfill a lifelong dream or respect the wishes of the traditional owners and stay off the rock. In 1985 the Australian government gave title back to the traditional owners of the region and negotiated a 99 […]
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One of the most prolific travelers on the planet is the Wanderer or Monarch Butterfly, (Danaus plexippus), and so I was not surprised to find this beautiful creature as we walked around the base of Uluru. Here a wanderer rests on the damp earth from the recent rain drinking from the minute amounts of water […]
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Coober Pedy in outback South Australia is a very strange place and that strangeness begins in the desert landscape well before you arrive. Like some alien landscape the white and brown cones of unearthed soil, the dumped mullock heaps of opal mining, dot the landscape. Each little mound tells of an abandoned search into the […]
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