Week 7 Summary and Photo blog

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Greetings from Central Australia.

Week 7 of our great journey has taken us to some weird and wonderful and spectacular places in Central Australia.

We started the week driving past the Devil's Marbles (Karlu Karlu) ... on our way to the over hyped Whycliffe Wells (UFO Capital of Australia).

On Father's Day, we headed to Alice Springs. Great place. We stayed 3 nights there.

Finally we headed for Yulara - Ayers Rock Resort - the jumping off point to seeing Uluru and Kata Tjuta (formerly known as The Olgas).

We are well and truly on the home stretch. But this was a major week in what should be a part of every Australian's destination file - almost a pilgrimage of sorts.

One more week to go ....

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Photos

Devil's Marbles
Boys playing at the Devil's Marbles

Anthony at Devil's Marbles
Gravity has it's pull on Ant

Family at Devil's Marbles
Family photo at the Devil's Marbles. In the background is a bushfire that threatened Alice Springs

Aliens we found at Whycliffe Wells
UFO Capital?

Standley Chasm
Just outside Alice Springs in the Western MacDonell Range

Ormiston Gorge
Just outside Alice Springs in the Western MacDonell Range

Ellery Creek Big Hole
Just outside Alice Springs in the Western MacDonell Range - it was very cold in the water

Simpson's Gap
Just outside Alice Springs in the Western MacDonell Range - with some strange people

Olgas - View from First lookout
Kata Tjuta First Lookout

Olgas - View from Second lookout
This view was breathtaking into the valley below

Kata Tjuta from a distance
An imposing view on the landscape. There was nothing for 50kms between here and Uluru