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| Going for a ride on Joe Camel along the road from Alice
Springs to Uluru. |
Another, less famous rock at Kata Tjuta (Olgas), where we stopped for
a quick look around. |
Closeup of Uluru just after sunrise. |
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| The photos show Uluru cast in the light of the setting
sun. Notice, as the sun goes down, how the color of the rock seems
to change. |
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| At Uluru National Park. |
My fellow travelers as we gather firewood for our campsite. Although
those fly nets look pretty silly, they are worth wearing, unless you like
swatting the hordes of flies that inundate the Outback. We traveled
with Adventure Tours, which
I highly recommend. |
Nothing like a campfire after a long day of trekking. |
Cleanup duty as we break camp. |
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| On the way back to Alice Springs, we made a stop at
Kings Canyon, made famous by the movie "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,"
which used it as a filming site. |
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| The Garden of Eden. |
The rugged scenery of Kings Canyon. |
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| Three determined ladies from Sydney who left their hubbies home for
the weekend and joined us on the tour. |
A Kings Canyon resident, the crested pigeon. |
Matt, our tour guide, making a point. Matt is an exceptional
guide. He knows the Outback like the back of his hand. If you can
book a tour he leads, go for it! |
No, I am not contemplating suicide, just checking out the edge of the
canyon and testing for acrophobia. |
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| Looking into Kings Canyon from the rim. |
The barren landscape of the Outback viewed from the top of Kings Canyon....
nothing for miles. |
Matt demonstrating the traffic patterns (or lack thereof) along a lonely
stretch of road on the drive back to Alice Springs. |
A lonely Outback post. |