Larapinta Trail Alice Springs

Having looked at The Saddle (the gap between here and Standley Chasm) and wanting to walk part of the Larapinta Trail ever since we arrived, the temptation to combine the two when Ray (my eldest brother) & Leanne arrived took over. Leanne decided to do the right thing by her students and work her way through an enormous pile of marking whilst …

... open space leaves lots of room for dreamings of a different kind.  I would like to come back to hike the Larapinta trail, the Gilles trail, to camel trek or 4 wheel drive in the Simpson desert, to visit Hermannsburg and to explore the gorges in the ...

... MAN UP TREE FOR A WEEK" Today's roommates were all Australian girls, who had come from a long, multi-day hike along the Larapinta trail. They showered and went out for some beers. One of them came home after the others, stood outside chatting on her ...

... to it!! A journey along the Tanami road has it's challenges & is certainly not for the faint hearted. We set off from Alice Springs armed with enthusiasm for the adventure ahead. We stocked our van from the produce stall at the markets in AS The firdt ...

... about it?  The best sites are spread out over this massive park and one day I hope to return for a trek on the Larapinta Trail that runs 223 kilometers right through it all rather than hops by truck like today.  Just the bits and pieces of the ...

... and is surrounded by tall cliffs. We scrambled up big boulders and loose rocks to look down into a gorge below.   Further along Larapinta Trail is Ellery Creek Big Hole which is a permanent water hole and great place for swimming. Our last stop was ...

... & give you more info then. Hope you have fun this evening. Brian & Denise drove us to the stage change of the Larapinta Trail at Jay Creek (within our gate). The last entry in the book was from Dec 16th and said that there was still lots of ...

... a few more supplies from the supermarket and a Cornish pasty from a popular pie store in Alice. We took Larapinta Drive out past the Alice Springs Desert Park. On our way out of town we were past by about 100 motor trikes, sporting bumper stickers ...

... I needed to get back on the walking for me track, so on Monday, I set off reasonably early and walked out towards the Larapinta Trail. Took some photos of local flowers and saw some seriously large dingo tracks! We haven't heard them howling yet, but ...

... . Within minutes we were already taking off our shoes to make our first river crossing, which is where we veered from the 100+KM Larapinta Trail that followed the riverbed.  Thankfully, it was hot and dry and it was easy to get our socks back on and ...

Having looked at The Saddle (the gap between here and Standley Chasm) and wanting to walk part of the Larapinta Trail ever since we arrived, the temptation to combine the two when Ray (my eldest brother) & Leanne arrived took over. Leanne decided to ...