Travels

In the preliminaries entry on the Outback, I have given a brief overview on a tour to Uluru. I will say a few more things here. A trip to the Outback comes with many options. Experienced travelers can consider self-guided, self-driven tours that involve camping and hiking in West Mac and East Mac, or otherwise accommodation close …

The Ross River Resort is an oasis of living civilization within the deserted wild that is East Macdonnell. We went there as our rest stop after visiting most of the natural sites of East Macdonnell. I very much looked forward to a wonderful lunch there. The walking had exhausted my breakfast calories. It turned out that we met a man from Coober Pedy there as …

We were in the afternoon and the tour in East Mac was soon to end. On our way back home we stopped by the Corroboree Rock. The Meaning of Corroboree The corroboree is a nocturnal dance ritual for the Aboriginals. The Aboriginals gathered with face …

At the Trephina Gorge, I pressed my ear against a Red River Gum Tree and heard the sound of flowing water. What happens inside the hollow tree bark is that the bad wood is eaten up by the termites, then the water begins to fill …

At this point of the tour in the East Mac, I could not miss the obvious – that the East Mac is significantly less preferred as a tourist attraction than the West Mac. When we did meet a few souls there, they were local tourists …

“What do you think this is?” Kirsty said to me, her smile shrouded in an expression of knowing mystery. “Uhm, I mean, it has to be sand?” I replied with a question, quite unsure of what this view in front of me could possibly be, …

I lined up a trip to East Mac with Kirsty of Red Earth Roaming. She is a fantastic tour guide, who engaged me on so many different disciplines of knowledge. In this 6-hour tour, we went through amazing learning in geology, Aboriginal and Aussie culture, …

The tour was approaching its end and it was with a bit of unwillingness that I had to say goodbye to West Mac soon. I thought the Ormiston Gorge was one of the most amazing sites that I had visited thus far in the Outback. …

In the last entry on the Ellery Creek Big Hole, I noted that the colors of the desert evoked an unexpected marvel upon my sensations. Perhaps that observation has come into full focus at the Ochre Pits. It is said that the Ochre Pits is …

The tour left Standley Chasm for Ellery Creek, where we would have our picnic lunch. The Ellery Creek Big Hole is an oasis in the desert, with a body of water large enough in which to swim. In fact, the Ellery Creek Big Hole is …