We were a little later leaving than we’d meant to be as I needed to iron a couple of items before we left. Our first stop was Simpson’s Gap, 25km out of Alice along the West Macdonnell Ranges. We parked the car and set off on the walk beside and along the river bed to the Gap. On the way, we passed an area of rocks piled up at the base of the mountain wall. A Ranger was just finishing his talk when we arrived and he pointed out a Black Footed Rock Wallaby, like those we fed at the Heavitree Homestead. It was sunning itself on top of one of the high up rocks but as we watched, decided there was too much activity and took off, hopping easily and quickly across the jagged surface,
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