Sunday, April 22, 2007

Australia - Alice Springs and West Mc Donnal Range

From Uluru I traveled by bus to Alice Springs. The first day I just relaxed and did some travel planning as well as catching up on my blog. I was weeks behind ..... The other day I did a trip to the West McDonnal Ranges close by.

No swimming in the sand .....


Gorges that have been carved by water many, many thousands of years ago. The rivers only "run" every couple of years, when it is raining sufficiently.


A "Rock Wallabee", cute little creatures that look like Kangaroos, but have the size of a large rabbit.


Roads without cars just meandering through the gorgeous landscape.


So you would think that this tree should be dead after falling down. Nope, more than ten little shoots have been growing into small trees so far.


Another gorge created by the steady flow of water ....






A "mine" for yellow ochre used by the Aborigenes for painting and healing medicines.







There was surprisingly much water in several Billabongs, so called permanent water holes.



Another billabong .....


The West McDonnal ranges in the distance .....

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