Namitjira Drive

Day 13 - West MacDonnell Ranges

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May 15th 2017
From Kings Canyon we headed out along the dirt track (I love a dirt track) towards the West MacDonnell Ranges. Funnily enough I could see a road train coming down the mountain (as she comes...coming round the mountain as she comes...) and I was wondering how it was going to turn out. There was a stop/go person, but not any stop/go person, an Irish female stop/go person. When the road trains come t ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » West McDonnell Ranges

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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