Larapinta Trail

Mon 30 July: Uluru - Redbank Gorge

Mt Conner

You don't see these around Sydney!

Camp at Redbank Gorge

Tues 31 July: Redbank Gorge - Mt Sonder (15.8km)

Rachel on the trail to Mt Sonder

The "real" Mt Sonder

Rachel and Gill at the cairn on the "fake" Mt Sonder

Tom, Rachel and Gill at Mt Sonder

Ormiston Pound and the Heavitree Range from Mt Sonder

Descending Mt Sonder, Mt Zeil in the top right

The track climbs through broken quartzite cliffs on Mt Sonder

Termite mound, looking across the Pioneer Range

Redbank Gorge

Rachel scrambling in Redbank Gorge

Reflections of Redbank Gorge

Looking up the narrow section of Redbank Gorge

Wed 01 August: Redbank Gorge - Hilltop Lookout (16.5km)

Redbank Creek

Plains and plains of spinifex

Gill climbing up to Hilltop Lookout, Mt Sonder in the background

Gill climbing up to Hilltop Lookout

Gill on the final ascent to Hilltop Lookout

The Pioneer Range from Hilltop Lookout

Rachel and Gill at Hilltop Lookout

Campsite on Hilltop Lookout

Venus and the sun setting behind Mt Sonder

Thu 02 August: Hilltop Lookout - Ormiston Gorge (18.6km)

Dawn at Mt Sonder

Sunrise at Mt Sonder

Rachel descending to the Mereenie Valley

Rachel and Gill at the waterhole on Davenport Creek

Ant rubbish

Paddymelons () - they're poisonous

Finke River

Rachel and lots of paddymelons

The not so lush part of the Finke River (Ormiston Creek really)

Rachel walking the ridges from the second Hilltop Lookout

Bloodwood apple

Gill crossing a lovely tributary of Ormiston Creek

Fri 03 August: Ormiston Gorge walks

Gill and Rachel at the saddle on the Ormiston Pound walk

Gill and Rachel at the lookout over Ormiston Pound

Gill photographing Ormiston Pound

One of the waterholes on Ormiston Creek

Rachel and Gill heading across the Pound towards Ormiston Gorge

Ormiston Gorge

Ormiston Gorge

Slanting layers of quartzite in Ormiston Gorge

Rachel at a waterhole in Ormiston Gorge

Ormiston Gorge from Ghost Gum Lookout

Sat 04 August: Ormiston Gorge - Waterfall Gorge (15.3km)

Friendly bird

We can still see Mt Sonder!

Rachel on the Heavitree Range above Waterfall Gorge

Ghost Gum with Mt Giles in the background

Rachel and Gill at the lookout

Gill scrambling up Waterfall Gorge

Gill and Rachel at our campsite in Waterfall Gorge

Sun 05 August: Waterfall Gorge - Serpentine Chalet Dam (13.3km)

Impressive linear valleys

Gill on track in one of the valleys

MacDonnell Ranges Cycads (Macrozamia macdonnellii)

Inarlanga Gorge

Serpentine Chalet Dam

Mon 06 August: Serpentine Chalet Dam - Serpentine Gorge (13.4km)

Rachel and Gill at Counts Point Lookout, Mt Sonder in the distance

Ripple patterns in the quartzite, evidence of an ancient sea

Serpentine Gorge

Gill and Rachel above Serpentine Gorge

Tues 07 August: Serpentine Gorge - Ellery Creek (13.8km)

Rachel and Gill at the Trig Point

Gill and Rachel at Ellery Creek Big Hole

Ellery Creek Big Hole