Monday, August 23, 2010

Around Alice





Alice deserves its name of oasis in the desert and Cecile,lover of all trees in general, and river gums in particular fell in love many times. But the real jaw dropping scenery came out of town, both East and west Macdonnell Ranges. No wonder albert Namatjira was so inspired, we visited his quaintly germanic birthplace in Hermansburg.
A fortuitous misreading (not the first!) of walking tracks lead us to a longer than expected(4km) walk along the legendary Larapinta Trail,a geological and floral wonder where the spine of ancient hills stick out of the bush like rows of dinosaurs.

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