Alice Springs Desert Park

After a cool morning, it became a sunny and warm day which brought out the flies in the desert.
I took the free local bus to the Desert Park. A notice on the path to the entrance warned of dingoes.
I went to the Bird Show where a black-breasted buzzard, a bush-stoned curlew and a web-tailed eagle were on display. After lunch, I watched two dingoes being fed in their enclosure.
The Park was divided into zones on the basis of different flora such as River Red Gums, woodland, sand-country, and desert rivers with the MacDonnell Range as a backdrop. An emu, a red kangaroo, and an Australian Bustard were in enclosures.Read more