Just 10-12km out of town and we get to Emily's gap and I love this tree and you see how important these trees are in the summer to give some much needed shade from the blistering sun just amazing landscape, these long snaking mountain range, and then you get these gaps where water would flow through after the rains and as you can see by the dry river bed, no rain in a while Ollie & Fin, the video crew, stayed on with me for an extra day as well ( the rest of the crew flew back today )  to get some more location/landscape shots/footage would like to be here now one day when the water is flowing Caterpillar Dreaming Rock painting at Emily's Gap, an aboriginal story about the three caterpillars



Emily Gap from the other side on our way to the next gap, spotted this one could say it is funny, but one could also say, please, take your rubbish with you after you finish your big adventure, if every Euro tourist did this, well, then yeah, it would be a tip wouldn't it Jessie's Gap Outback pyramid at Jessie's Gap vastness to the south, I guess about 100-150km and you would be at the edge of the simpson desert broken up caterpillars ? got to love the outback and taking shots and the strange thing is I'm trying to cram in so much in one day when you should really spend a good big week out here exploring but be wary at dusk of wild life roadkill on the wide open road Corroboree Rock, a sacred Aboriginal site The rock itself is an outcrop of dolomite from the Bitter Springs Formation originally laid down in salty lakes 800 million years ago. Dolomite is a soft sedimentary fine grained rock. It is very similar to limestone except magnesium carbonate is the dominant compound rather than calcium carbonate. At the base of the rock you can see dark grey and light grey streaky blobs of 'dalmation rock'. A ring of low ground surrounding the rock makes it look like an obelisk. it's incredible how thin it is, and I read how this is pushed up by years of seismic activity after a beer at the Ross River resort, we were on our way to a ghost town, the friendly bar keep told us to check out the Sphinx, same rock formation as corroboree rock and this one too is super skinny ( I know not in this shot of course ) I became a horse whisperer for about 5 minutes, but this is as close as I got, I did have more luck with a donkey, who actually walked up to me

on our way to Arltunga Historical town, now a ghost town, some say it is the birthplace of the outback, a gold rush here in the hills prompted the South australian government to invest in this area before Alice Springs existed, and now reversal of fortune so to speak the colours one the few remaing buildings, the police station and jail :-) early airconditioning unit as we drive on, I spot this seam of white gleaming rock up on a hill, not too far off the road, I pull over and see if the boys care to join me for a trek up the hill, they opt out, but I'm intrigued and head up, not soon after, it feels like I'm walking along fields made up of broken quartz so much of it, and I'm curious as to how/why the higher I walk the bigger the Quartz

till finally, at the top. And these blocks are the size of an apartment block incredible and it runs through the hill, incredible. It did look more magical with the sun reflecting on it from the road you can see it carry on through the hills glad I walked up here to check it out, as I am impressed on our way back to Alice, I love the hues in the desert skies from the outback