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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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Gosse Bluff (Tnorala)Gosse Bluff (Tnorala)
Gosse Bluff (Tnorala)

from Taylor's Lookout in the West MacDonnells
Mt SonderMt Sonder
Mt Sonder

subject of many outback paintings
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and another pic of the Glen Helen wall, early morning - we really loved it!
Ormiston PoundOrmiston Pound
Ormiston Pound

me trudging up the side of the 'pound' (circular enclosure of hills) on the 4 hour Ormiston walk
at the lookoutat the lookout
at the lookout

in Ormiston Pound - looks like a crater but is just another wonderful geological formation
Ormiston GorgeOrmiston Gorge
Ormiston Gorge

walking up the dry river bed through the gorge
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past the last few puddles of the river where a few lonely fish survive
Ormiston gorge sandstone wallsOrmiston gorge sandstone walls
Ormiston gorge sandstone walls

if you look closely I'm in there somewhere
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through the gorge to the waterhole...
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...and up to the lookout - woah!
The wallThe wall
The wall

yup - we loved that Glen Helen wall
Mt SonderMt Sonder
Mt Sonder

from Gen Helen lookout
Alice Springs Beanie FestivalAlice Springs Beanie Festival
Alice Springs Beanie Festival

thousands of beanies of all shapes, colours and materials
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...what about this one?
Mataranka SpringsMataranka Springs
Mataranka Springs

heated artesian springs and primordial ooze at Bitter Springs
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Livistonia palms surround Mataranka Springs
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looking out for crocodiles
Mataranka camping groundMataranka camping ground
Mataranka camping ground

they're not the cabins in the backgroud, but termite mounds!
Mataranka SpringsMataranka Springs
Mataranka Springs

the more touristy pool - beautiful!
making friends at Matarankamaking friends at Mataranka
making friends at Mataranka

we think it was an antilopine wallaroo



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