Ormiston Gorge, Ochre Pits, Standley Chasm and Simpsons Gap - 16th - 18th October 2012 We may not have liked Glen Helen Resort but the surrounding area was a treat for the eyes. We did an early day trip to beat the forecast 39 degrees. Arriving at Ormiston Gorge early we set out on the walk that goes up above the rim of the Gorge and then later comes back down into the riverbed and back to the permanent waterhole. By this time we had worked up a sweat and we ...

Would you stay here - Glen Helen Resort ( Last Resort ) ? - Tuesday 16th October 2012 This is the grumpy Intrepids doing battle with a Caravan Park again, blog. The scenery and other places we saw on this part of our trip were too good to mix in with the disgusting state of the Caravan Park. Without putting enough thought into it we booked in for 3 nights at what is very loosely called the Glen Helen Resort, we have renamed it the Glen Helen Last Resort. I ev...

Alice is Wonderland -Friday 12th October 2012 Our faith in Big 4 caravan parks was restored as we checked into the MacDonnell Range Caravan Park in Alice Springs. This is the most awarded caravan park in the Northern Territory and you can see why. Riding into town then out through the "Gap" in the MacDonnell Ranges to the caravan park brought back memories for me. I was here in 1975 just after Cyclone Tracey had hit Darwin. After a quick trip to town and t...

Beautiful Barkly Homestead and Weird Wycliffe Well - 10th & 11th October 2012 We were out of bed just on sunrise and all packed ready to beat the heat on our day's ride. On the road by 8:00am and already 30 degrees and it would get to 40 degrees before the day was over. We had broken out our gel filled water soaked neckies for the first time since we left home in February. They act as an evaporative air conditioner on your neck and as a lot of blood flows t...