We didn't venture very far into the East MacDonnell Ranges, given our time restraints and also the greater need for a 4WD vehicle to see the things we really would have liked to. So only 10-20km out of Alice Springs we visited the Emily and Jessie Gaps where there is some aboriginal rock art. We went early in the morning and saw some dingo tracks at a small waterhole at the first stop. It was a nice easy end to our stay in Alice Springs (even though it has been r...

West MacDonnell Ranges The West Macs was a surprising change, in stark contrast to the flat plains we had seen for the past few days. They were filled with dramatic scenery, awesome geology, birds and animals, and waterholes with WATER in them!!! Our first stop was at Standley Chasm because we wanted to be there around midday to see the sunlight on the chasm floor, and as a bonus we saw a dingo on the drive in. We made it with plenty of time so spent about 2 hou...

Alice Springs On our way from Curtain Springs to Alice Springs we did a slight detour off the highway into the Henbury Meteorite Craters. It was a short walk from the car park along the trail with some really good interpretive information at the biggest crater sites. On the way back out to the highway, we saw a dingo! The second one in two days, and this one hung around on the road long enough for us to get some video and photos. We arrived in Alice Springs late...

Kings Canyon It took about 2.5 hours to get out to Kings Canyon from our overnight camp spot and Callen slept nearly all the way, which was good because he had woken up early with a stuffed up nose. We had a picnic lunch at the beginning of the canyon walk before starting out and decided to just do the shorter Kings Creek walk. The canyon rim walk would have been spectacular but it would have been very hard with Callen! The walk along the creek bed was easy and ...

Well it took us 2 days to get here from Coober Pedy but we finally made it! We woke early so that we could drive to the National Park to see Uluru at sunrise. We were a little late but it was still spectacular to see the desert colours changing as the sun came up and then shadows highlight Uluru itself. From the second lookout, it was a short drive after breakfast to start our first walk to Mutitjulu Waterhole. This was a nice, easy walk and we were able to take ...