As we have all spent time in Alice before we have been trying to cover new ground, as beautiful as Simpson's Gap and Standley Chasm are it is nice to see new things. We took a drive down the Ross Highway to look at Emily and Jessie Gap, these sights are significant to the local tribes Dreamtime story of the Three Caterpillers and both gaps contain Aboriginal art if you can access it ( this depends on the rainfall) so I can't imagine there would be too many times yo couldn't walk into it.
Out on the same drive you can access Coroborree Rock, another sacred sight.
We have also headed out to the Ochre Pits, or as Les called it "the quarry", but beautiful colours through the rock, we also pulled into Ellery creek and the Big Hole and it was just that, a big hole full of fresh cool water. Who would have thought out there amonst all the Gorges dry as, and then to come across this oasis. It is part of the West MacDonnell National Park and has camping facilities nearby, so next time we know where to stay.
The last place we travelled to was Rainbow Valley, this is where one of the Qantas ads was filmed (I still call Australia home ones with the choir??). Photos don't do this place justice as it was absolutely breathtaking. It is also part of a National Park and has camping facilities so another one to mark for next time, I would imagine it would rival the rock(Uluru) for its beauty at sunset.
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