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30 May 2021: Larapinta Trail
Photos:
Geoffrey MARTIN
Euro Ridge
Climbing Euro Ridge, the start of many...
Euro Ridge
Sunset over Euro Ridge
Simpsons Gap shelter and sleeping platforms ...
Simpsons Gap - walking up Roe Creek
The calm and relaxing Simpsons Gap
The sheer rock face of Simpsons Gap
First light over Simpsons Gap
Spring Gap - permanent waterhole and a stand...
Half Gap Gorge
Paddy Melons on the Jay Creek
Fish Hole on the Jay Creek - a sacred site...
Looking across the Chewing Range/ Pravda...
Looking across the Chewing Range near Pravda...
Pravda Spur
Looking east from Pravda Spur
Lou descending off Pravda Spur
Cycad Creek Gorge - marvellous display of...
Tangentyere Junction - walking into the...
Making our way up a narrow gorge towards...
Negotiating our way up through the rock...
Reveal Saddle
Yes, Geof can manage a smile, but look where...
The Chewing Range dropping dramatically away...
Rugged exposed section of the Chewing Range ...
Fascinating rock formations - Reveal Saddle
Lou and Geof having break at Reveal Saddle ...
Brinkley Bluff cairn
One of the great tent pads on Brinkley Bluff...
Looking south over the dramatic Heavitree...
Morning light looking East on Brinkley Bluff
View-point from Brinkley Bluff, looking...
Evening light looking West on Brinkley Bluff
A remnant skeleton tree from the 2019...
View-point from Brinkley Bluff, looking south
Evening light looking West on Brinkley Bluff
Evening light looking West on Brinkley Bluff
Evening light looking west on Brinkley Bluff
Ready for bed on Brinkley Bluff
Brinkley Bluff cairn
Sunrise on Brinkley Bluff
Breakfast on Brinkley Bluff
Early morning
Lou negotiating some of the massive boulder...
Lou negotiating the boulder scree in Spencer...
At times the gorges became a ‘labyrinth'
Coming down the Razorback Ridge
Nick and Lou making their way off the...
Hugh River - water reflection
Blanket of Banded or Rainbow Nardoo
Banded or Rainbow Nardoo
Hugh Gorge entrance
Looking up at the Hugh Gorge escarpment
Stark contrast of the differing natural...
Beautiful burnt-out tree has perfectly...
As a small tree dies it folds up into these...
One of the many Grand Old Gums - notice the...
Lone Budgie, but it is one of 1000's we saw...
Two Kestrals surveying the plain below
Rocky Gully campsite in the creek bed -...
Ellery Creek walker's shelter and sleeping...
Ellery Creek Big Hole - lovely swimming hole...
Happy to put our feet up in the cool sand of...
Ellery Creek Big Hole
Trees will grow in the most difficult of...
Spectacular Ellery Creek Big Hole
The colours are so intense on the Larapinta
Walking the valley floor with Ellery Creek...
Looking towards the Chewing Range north of...
Hundreds of Termite mounds create a surreal...
Beautiful contrast between the green...
Acacia bushes were in full bloom
Gorgeous Mulla Mulla
Heading towards Serpentine Gorge
Serpentine Gorge
Serpentine Gorge - protruding rock ledges
Linear Valley from Counts Point lookout - Mt...
Counts Point Lookout - looking West along...
Counts Point Lookout - looking West with Mt...
The amazing skies often dwarfed the...
Viewpoint of Mt Giles on the Heavitree Range
Sunsetting over Mt Sonder from Hermit's...
Mt Giles - big sky!!
Mt Giles from Hermit's Camp - a magical place
Nick surveying the 360 views from Hermit's...
Best sunset!! Mt Sonder from Hermit's...
Mt Sonder putting on a show!
Breakfast couldn't get better than this!
Looking west towards Paisley Bluff
Dramatic sky on Brinkley Bluff
Hermit's Hideaway campsite
Hermit's Hideaway campsite - such an amazing...
Waiting for sunset at Hermit's Hideaway
One of many great sunsets - Mt Sonder
Mt Giles from Hermit's Camp - a magical place
Another stunning sunrise
One of many great sunsets - Mt Sonder
Detail of the striking cliffs and adaptable...
Looking West down the spine of the Heavitree...
Traversing a narrow gorge - notice the large...
Spinifex was rampant in many areas, visually...
These Grevillia flowers resemble bunches of...
Is this a birds nest, no it is a Spinifex in...
Flowering Grevillia
Mt Sonder seems tantalisingly close with...
Vibrant Acacia flowers
These rocks were once horizontal being...
Taking a rest at Rocky Saddle with the...
The wide-open Linear Valley in the Chewings...
West Macs are a geologist's and artists...
Traversing the ridgeline on Heavitree Range...
Mt Sonder - coming down from The Lookout
Sturt's Desert Rose - NT's floral emblem
Striking contrast of colours
A mass of MullaMulla
MullaMulla flowers set against Mt Sonder
The MullaMulla flowers create a wonderful...
Mt Sonder feels so close, but it is still a...
Dramatic geological movement
South facing walls of Ormiston Pound
Food-drops are like Christmas, such joy
Sunrise from Ghost Gum Lookout - Ormiston...
Ormiston Creek with the entrance to the...
Ormiston Creek inside the Pound
Ormiston Creek inside the Pound
Ormiston Creek - a remnant water soak
A grand majestic gum in the Ormiston Creek
Ormiston Pound from the Lookout, looking...
Ormiston Pound from the Lookout, looking...
Lou and Geof scanning the vast Ormiston Pound
Alice Valley on the flank of Mt Giles
Termite mound - underground they go 30mts in...
Ormiston Gorge early morning reflection
Looking back up Ormiston Gorge in the early...
Ormiston Gorge - gorgeous water reflections...
Ormiston Gorge in the evening light
A prominent bluff at the entrance to...
Water erosion has created a beautiful...
The sheer gorge walls are highlighted in the...
The rock ‘strata' is clearly shown in the...
Ormiston Gorge - ‘not a ripple'
These mountain ranges were once underwater,...
Two different rock ‘strata' coming...
Buffel Grass introduced as a pastural feed,...
Buffel Grass loved the recent rains - easy...
The Finke River
Water soak on the Finke River
Contrasting vegetation, a burnt out...
What can I say - Mt Sonder
Looking across the flat plain leading to Mt...
Mt Sonder's eastly peak
Mt Sonder sunset - it is not painting
Nick and Lou taking a break on route to...
Vibrant yellow Capok flowers
Close-up of the beautiful MullaMulla flower
Early morning light on Mt Sonder
Waiting for the first light
Mt Sonder - early morning light from the...
Dramatic dawn colours on Mt Sonder's West...
Mt Sonder
Directional Cairn - Mt Sonder's false summit
Mt Sonder - we made it!!