That ‘pot of gold at the end of the rainbow’ might just be more than a myth in this freshly watered desert landscape. The rain now over, snippets of blue appearing in the north and then a beautiful rainbow as the weather’s parting gesture. It would all be dry again soon so we took note […]
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“I’ve been coming up here most weekends for the last 8 years”, he said, “and I’ve never ever seen any water in these creeks!”. What are the chances, we all thought? The one weekend we chose to camp out here in the rugged outback east of the Flinders Ranges is the one where 8 years […]
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It’s like a tiny little Uluru. At 500m across the top, Pildappa Rock is big! Still when you do the maths it’s only one percent of Uluru’s massive presence and that’s the bit we can see above the ground. We stopped here for a while travelling out of Minnipa and explored some of Pildappa Rock’s […]
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Air Conditioned Road House Motel Accommodation * Souvenirs * Meals * Takeaways * Drinks *Ice * Car Accessories * Tyres * Tubes * Batteries … but not for a long time
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Red sandstone of the Australian outback is often not what it appears to be. The red dust blasting through the interior is like a giant spray can painting our iconic landmarks like Uluru hiding other colours under that thin veneer. Here in Kings Canyon a large section of the canyon wall has fallen away reveling […]
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