Darwin to Western Australia

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a wonderful surprise on the highway between Tennant Creek and Alice Springs (30,920 bytes) some 'marbles' are as big as a house... (25,930 bytes) it's a wonderful place to explore (31,061 bytes) the prior 'big wet' meant lush vegetation (for a desert) (27,899 bytes)
a stunning grevillea (44,242 bytes) as you walk around it is easy to see why this was an important meeting place... (44,579 bytes) some smaller marbles in formation... (23,738 bytes) bizarre road side advertising is not limited to the USA (23,491 bytes)
why Australia has been criticised for its treatment of aliens... (32,866 bytes) Sturt's Desert Pea at the desert wildlife park in Alice Springs (43,632 bytes) no matter how many postcards you see, Uluru will impress you (45,626 bytes) and yes, the desert sand really is that colour... (32,800 bytes)
up close, Uluru feels like a spirtual place... no matter your ethnic origins (25,310 bytes) an evening shower brought a rainbow over 'the rock' (16,563 bytes) no brilliant blue skies, but the rain allows the subtleties of 'the rock' to show (9,380 bytes) next morning... sunrise over The Olgas (17,661 bytes)
The Olgas and the Northern Territory disappear over the horizon as we go 'the back way' home to Western Australia (16,281 bytes) ironically, Australia is the only country with wild camels... set free here by early Afghan cameliers (35,231 bytes) dry grasses interspersed with brilliant wildflowers (46,699 bytes) 1200 kms to the next bitumen... the 'Great' refers to the size of the corrugation and potholes (20,757 bytes)