Alice Springs East MacDonnell Range

On another sunny and warm day, I checked out of the Diplomat Motel but left my luggage in the storeroom.
At 08.00, I was collected by a minibus to go on a half-day tour of the East MacDonnell Range. The first stop was at Anzac Hill overlooking Alice Springs
After going through the Havitree Gap, the next stops were at the Emily and Jessie Gaps where photos of the rock art was not allowed because they were sacred to the Eastern Arrernte Aboriginals and their Dreamtime story.
The next stop was at Corroboree Rock which we walked around for 30 minutes before having a mid-morning snack provided by the Sri Lankan guide.
After stopping to take a photo of a 300-yeaar-old Ghost Gum, we proceeded to the Trepinha Gorge Nature Park which had differently-coloured seams of sandstone in the cliffs flanking the dry river-bed.
After returning to town, I had lunch at the cafe at the Diplomat Motel, collected by holdall, and walked across Todd Bridge to the Mercure Resort Hotel, part of the Accor Group.
At 18.00, there was the joining meeting and dinner of the Intrepid trip to Kings Canyon and Uluru. The leader was Pat, and the other members of the group were Darlene from Maryland; Natalie from North Island, NZ; Steve and Anne-Marie from Brisbane; Andy and Irina from Sydney, and Sarah from West Sussex.
I bought a fly-net which I wore a few times.Les mer