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Drew and Melissa Down Under
Monday, July 13, 2009
The Australian Outback in Pictures
The Aboriginal flag
Overhead View of the Todd "River" (aks the dry bed beyond the footy field)
The McDonnell Ranges viewed from Anzac Hill
I think the mountains are that way
It's a long way to civilization outside of Alice Springs
Finke Gorge National Park - stopping for morning tea
Wallaby hanging out a few yards away
View of Palm Valley from overhead cliffs
White Gum tree
Palm Valley as seen from the bottom
Thanks for the hat Matt - finally came in handy...the Outback sun is unforgiving
Deep canyon in Palm Valley
"Sally", our 4WD for the day (along with Leigh our tour guide and the very inquisitive Russian man)
This enormous boulder defied gravity
View from Karralinga lookout
The Ampitheatre
Doing some curls
Another view of The Ampitheatre
Dinky the singing and piano playing Dingo (look him up on Youtube)
Red sand in the desert
The drive to nowhere
Salt flats
Mt. Conner (commonly mistaken for Uluru)
Cattle wandering onto the highway
Uluru (white folk call it Ayers Rock)
One of the sacred sites on the rock ($5K fine if they catch you taking pictures)
The Aboriginals consider it disrespectful to climb Ayers Rock (35 people have died trying)
After climbing the Rock and completing the 10km base walk around it
Distant view of The Olgas
Wolpa Gorge
Bus driver got a speeding ticket
As the sun begins to set over Uluru
Knocking back a camel burger
Grand prize at the Camel Cup
Between race snack
Greyhound, our camel
Taking a post-ride dirt bath
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