Archive for June, 2008

Alice Springs 2

Posted by linden on June 20th, 2008 filed in general

We arrived at our first camping spot in a dry river bed at sunset. Any later would have been disaster as we had to travel through quite a bit of sand to arrive at the beautiful and peaceful spot near Glen Helen. There was one other camper quite a distance from us and completely out […]

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Alice Springs 1

Posted by linden on June 19th, 2008 filed in general

Firstly we need to have the iconic Sturts Desert Pea photo on the record! Abi snapped this beautiful flower in the gardens at the Araluen Centre in Alice Springs. She also did some superb drawing and painting of this flower which I will photograph for show and tell soon!
So we hired a Britz 4WD for our […]

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Alice Springs

Posted by linden on June 18th, 2008 filed in general

The excitement of a visit to Central Australia starts the minute the plane lands at the airport which is surrounded by the rich red earth dotted with shrubs and defined by waves of rocky ridges. Alice Springs lies between the West and East Macdonnell Range with the Todd River passing through. When it rains heavily […]

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