It`s completely different as you may imagine such place. Alice Springs is a tidy town with few thousand blokes green parks and guesses what – rain! Yes – rain in the desert!
We had to drive nearly 9.000 km through tropical areas, wetlands, sea side’s right in to the desert to experience our first rain in Australia x-)
Australia is really different!
Yea - but who gives a sh** about it?!
After exploring the city with its historical left over’s and colorful shopping malls,
we had a closer look to the mountain range which is surrounding Alice – the MacDonnel Ranges.
Starting with the more famous West MD Ranges which features the Simpson Gap
Standley Chasm – a delight during high noon sun
And the less accessible Serpentine Gorge
Or the highlight of the area the Ormiston Gorge with its all year water hole. Don`t miss the the trail which leads around the area – just fantastic!
All in all can easily fill your program for one or two days – so bring enough of time.
The next day we head to the other side – the East Mac Donnel Ranges. They are more quiet but also has real good attractions.
So after a really chilly night at the Glen Helen Gorge and a morning walk around this area, we drove down the 200km to east side to have a closer look at the Emily & Jessie Gab
And finally the round hike of today`s final gorge – the Trephina gorge.
Yes – you are right – I can`t count the number of gorges anymore x-)
Getting back in cosy 18 deg. Temperature to Alice, we are sitting below (nonvisible) stars and drinking hot caipirinha!
Salut!
