Button flowers

Rocks, flowers and footprints.

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September 10th 2011
Not quite as cold this morning, we were up early to try to capture sunrise over The Olgas (Kata Tjuta) from a dune on the way to Ularu. The diversity of flora and evidence of numerous small animals on the dune was quite extraordinary. There were everlastings, succulents, native hibiscus, wattles, grevilleas, and many different types of grasses. I found 3 different plants with purple flowers (my fa ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Ayers Rock

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more