Ellery Creek Big Hole

Alice Springs to Kings Canyon (via West MacDonnell Ranges)

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May 30th 2011
Alice Springs to Kings Canyon Standley Chasm was our first stop on the way into the West MacDonnell Ranges, here we found ourselves wandering along a track over white rocks surrounded by fiery red rocky cathedral walls. We came to a fork in the road, taking Namatjira Drive towards Ellery Creek Big Hole. The waters here were far too cold for swimming, but boasted a sandy creek fringed ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Kings Canyon

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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