Sunday 26 October 2014

11 Oct - Travel to Alice Springs

Too hot to continue north to Kingfisher camp (44degrees is our limit), we travel south to seek some cool air.
 
This is the Riversleigh Dinosaur site No4 - The fossils are in the formation on the top of the hills
 
 
It's bare and hot, flat country
 
 
 
 
and you get these....
 
 
At Camooweal, there's a whole bunch of sinkholes (vertical caves) with lakes)
 
 
 
 
 
Lea's didn't want to drop down into them so we moved on... it's still really hot
 
 
Now into the Northern Territory, the Devil's Marble area
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is the Ghan Railway/Highway crossing - North and South
 
 
Kind of flat and straight
 
 
The country along the way is magic
 
 
 
 
These interesting ant nest were only found in one area, where the ants have picked up the spinifex needles to line their holes....
 
 
and finally Alice!
 
 
 

8 Oct - Lawn Hill NP

Stunning oasis in the middle of the desert with gorges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6K of canoeing
 
 
A Barramundi swimming at our feet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Archer fish spitting water at Lea trying to get a raisin
 
 
Pretty good shot for a fish!
 
 
 
Outside the canyon, flat desert
 
 
 
Bower bird doing up his bow
 
 

Saturday 18 October 2014

6 Oct - Adels Grove

Camping right on the water at Adels grove all by ourselves... perfect!











 
These are called Tah TahLizards, as they wave their paw every time they stop
 
 
These two Bow birds were courting... cute
 



 
captured the full lunar eclipse in its last phase