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June 4th 2013

Published: June 4th 2013

Easter saw us head off for 4 days of 4WD adventures, north up the highway, then right (or East) of Alice. To make the most of the little holiday we sped off (after dropping the boys into their favourite concentration camp!) on Thursday after work, setting up our first camp off the side of the road into Gemtree, about 40km from Gemtree itself. It was actually the first night we had felt cold since ... Read Full Entry

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Arltunga under blue skies

Lookout walk Palm Valley

The boiler

Used to power the grinding wheels to crush stone for gold

Lookout walk

Palm Valley

Arltunga Ruins

Jason take note:

We've found a way to keep pesky theives out of your wine cellar - electric grid!!! Evil.

Driving out of Palm Valley

Wild ponies

Now you know it's called Palm Valley!

Lunch stop Finke River

Gives you some idea of the flow of water down here if a log this size can get caught that high up!

Arltunga Lock-up

Finke Riverbed Camp

Arltunga Police Station

Cousin It

a new way to keep the flies away!

Palm Valley Camp

Reflections in Palm Valley

Camp views at sunset...nice!

7th June 2013

Jase
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Wine cellar electric grid
Excellent idea guys! I'll see if I can bring back a Tazzer from the US this month and rig that up for those pesky late night intruders. Cheers!!!

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