We took a tour bus (6 of us) to Palm Valley and what a surprise. Here is our track driving from Alice Springs to Hermannsburg and then into the Palm Valley oasis along the Frike River. Here is how we got there:
The approach
and this reflects our hiking tracks.
Here is how to make a left turn.
While riding, I was preoccupied with trying to take a photo of myself as it was reflected in the side mirror. Clearly I am a bit stressed
We walked along the stream and to the right, you can see Ellen - tired of waiting for me to take photos of everything
Here is a reflection of Ellen - the little blue dot on the surface of the water
A closer look at the reflection, without Ellen
Tree reflections
the reflections of a forked tree
A real ellen
And a yellow and black beetle
A description of Mpulungkinya
Trail signs
About palms
To the lower left is a Euro - not the kind you can spend
And on the reddish sand is a grasshopper
Yellow flowers watching me
About the desert
A sort of purple flower
Ellen as we walked down the trail
Description of the trail
And reflections (via polarizing filter)
Aligned to minimize reflections
A bee drinking water
A copy cat wasp, thinking about taking a drink of water
A community affair - wasp and bee drinking
C. Frank Starmer