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July 22nd 2009
Published: July 23rd 2009
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This month I showered with six frogs. They were nice little frogs, especially the bright green one on top of the toilet cistern, but it’s a little disconcerting when you have to get naked in front of them and take off your glasses so you can’t see when they’ve decided to leap across from one wall of the shower cubicle to the other. They were in different places when I’d completed my ab... Read Full Entry



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Simpson's GapSimpson's Gap
Simpson's Gap

Now we're in the West MacDonnell Ranges, left of Alice
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the permanent waterhole at Simpson's Gap where fish fight for survival until it rains again
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Ghost Gum

a mature specimen at Simpson's Gap
Glen Helen ResortGlen Helen Resort
Glen Helen Resort

the best part about it was The Wall
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this is the gap in the gorge wall worn by the Finke River
Glen Helen GorgeGlen Helen Gorge
Glen Helen Gorge

at the waterhole in the gap
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great view from our campsite
Ormiston GorgeOrmiston Gorge
Ormiston Gorge

where a permanent waterhole is the local swimming pool
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Black Footed Rock Wallaby

relatively rare, so we were very excited to see this one close up in Ormiston Gorge
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and it had a joey! look closely...
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the not-so-rare rock grey nomad
Aboriginal Ochre Pits, West MacDonnellsAboriginal Ochre Pits, West MacDonnells
Aboriginal Ochre Pits, West MacDonnells

these were amazing - soft clay in a wonderful variety of ocre colours...
the ochre pitthe ochre pit
the ochre pit

...which was used for body painting and trading
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Hermannsburg

old church in the Hermannsburg Mission Station, now handed back to traditional owners and managed by them
Gosse BluffGosse Bluff
Gosse Bluff

inside the impact crater, formed about 140 million years ago
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view of the remains of the crater rim
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definitely a 4WD track into the crater



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