27/07-18/08/2007 - photos

Participants: Tom Brennan, Gill Fowler, Rachel Grindlay

Wed 08 August: Ellery Creek - Rocky Gully (15.3km)

Rachel and Gill at the saddle before the descent to the Alice Valley

Ghost Gum

Thu 09 August: Rocky Gully - Pocket Valley (18.1km)

Looking across at the Chewings Range

Hugh Gorge

Campsite in Hugh Gorge near Pocket Valley

Fri 10 August: Pocket Valley - Fringe Lily Creek (5.1km)

Rachel avoiding wet feet in Hugh Gorge

Rachel at a waterhole in Hugh Gorge

Gill at the saddle in Linear Valley, looking down to Fringe Lily Creek and Razorback Ridge

Ghost Gum above our campsite in Fringe Lily Creek

Sat 11 August: Fringe Lily Creek - Stuarts Pass (13.4km)

Rachel on a steep climb up Razorback Ridge

Gill climbing Razorback Ridge

Rachel on another section of Razorback Ridge

Rachel on Razorback Ridge

Paisley Bluff

Rachel scrambling down a gully towards Spencer Gorge

River pebbles? No, Cycad seed pods

Spencer Gorge

Burnt out spinifex

Fire on the hillside opposite the track

Gill near the fire in the creek

The fire jumps the track and starts up the othe hill behind us

Birthday Waterhole

Gill below Brinkley Bluff

Brinkley Bluff from Stuarts Pass

Brinkley Bluff at sunset

Sun 12 August: Stuarts Pass - Standley Chasm (13.0km)

Rachel and Gill at the first saddle climbing Brinkley Bluff

Looking down the cleft below Brinkley Bluff

Gill and Rachel climbing Brinkley Bluff

Gill near the top of Brinkley Bluff

Rachel on Brinkley Bluff, looking along the Chewings Range

Cairn on Brinkley Bluff looking west along the Chewings Range

Quartzite "leaves"

Small dragon

Quartzite ridges

Gill sheltering from the sun

Rachel climbing up to Reveal Saddle

Reveal Saddle

Spot Rachel on the track descending to Standley Chasm

Termite mound built around a dead tree

Mon 13 August: Standley Chasm - Millers Flat (4.9km)

Standley Chasm - upper section

Gill in the upper section

Looking down the upper section of Standley Chasm

Gill on the chockstone in the upper section

The "log climb" between the upper and lower sections

Gill at the lower section of Standley Chasm

Looking back down, Standley Chasm is the break in the range to the left of the linear valley

Gill and Rachel at the saddle en route to Millers Flat

Some interesting scrambling in the creek to Millers Flat

Tues 14 August: Millers Flat - Mulga Camp (19.5km)

Rachel and Gill at Fish Hole on Jay Creek

Jay Creek

Arenge Bluff

Interesting patterns in the wood

Wed 15 August: Mulga Camp - Simpsons Gap (13.7km)

Bond Gap

Simpsons Gap

Roe Creek near Simpsons Gap

River Red Gum in Roe Creek

River Red Gum bark detail

Hat Hill

Simpsons Gap near sunset

Thu 16 August: Simpsons Gap - Wallaby Gap (10.3km)

Rungatjirba Ridge from Hat Hill

Heavitree Range from Hat Hill

Spinifex growing outwards

Hat Hill and Rungatjirba Ridge

Euro Ridge and Wallaby Gap from "the other side"

Fri 17 August: Wallaby Gap - Alice Springs (16.8km)

Euro on Euro Ridge

Gill and Rachel on Euro Ridge

Gill and Rachel climbing up Euro Ridge

Gill climbing Euro Ridge

Rachel and Gill on the Adelaide to Darwin Railway Line

Gill in the Charles River under the Geoff Moss Bridge

Galah at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station

Gill, Tom and Rachel

Gill, Tom and Rachel sans hats and sunnies!