Desert Tracks #1

Desert Tracks #1

This is a journey of 3,800 kms in 2003, from Perth Western Australia across the Gunbarrel Highway to Alice Springs and up the Tanami Track to Newhaven Station in the Northern Territory. Chapter 1 covers the journey from Perth, through Cue, Wiluna, Carnegie Station, across the Gunbarrel Highway to the Len Beadell Memorial.

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1 Desert Kurrajong Desert Kurrajong growing north of Payne's Find.	2 Roadside vegetation north of Payne's Find	3 The Granites near Mt Magnet
4 Granite Rock formations	5 Mt Magnet from The Granites	6 Historic Buildings at Cue Post Office and Police Station at Cue
7 Historic Bank Of New South Wales	8 Bandstand in Main Street of Cue	9 Local Boys at Cue
10 Nallan Dam Nallan Dam was made to supply water to the steam engines when the railway used to run to Meekatharra	11 Camping Ground at Nallan Dam	12 View from Lake Annean Lookout
13 Lake Annean from Hilltop Lookout	14 Dunna Dunna at Lake Annean Dunna Dunna, a member of the Hibiscus Family, growing on the banks of Lake Annean	15 View to Lake Annean
16 Dry Bed of Lake Annean	17 4WD Vehicle at Lake Annean	18 Historic Nannine Cemetery
19 Historic Nannine Cemetery	20 Meekatharra Open-Cut Mine	21 Creek Crossing on road to Wiluna
22 Reflections at Creek Crossing	23 Still Water at Creek Crossing	24 Creek Crossing east of Meekatharra
25 Two Ringneck Parrots in the branches	26 Patterned Bark of River Red Gum Tree Trunk	27 Wiluna, main street looking up the hill Wiluna is at the western end of the Gunbarrel Highway
28 General Store at Wiluna Wiluna is on the western end of the Gunbarrel Highway	29 Gunbarrel Highway Sign above Petrol Bowsers Sign at Wiluna showing distances yet to be travelled on this trip	30 Wiluna, main street at turn-off to Gunbarrel Highway
31 Gunbarrel Highway Signpost	32 Vegetation, Mulga Shrubland	33 Wildflowers, Eremophila
34 Wongawol Creek Crossing	35 River Red Gums by Creek	36 Harry Johnstone Water Harry Johnstone Water is commonly called Mingal Pool
37 Mingal Pool on Wongawol Station	38 River Red Gums at Mingal Pool	39 Picnic Area at Mingal Pool
40 A Dying River Gum	41 River Red Gums on Wongawol Station	42 Dead River Gum
43 Carnegie Station Homestead	44 Carnegie Station, Sheds and Vehicles	45 Carnegie Station Camping Ground
46 Carnegie Station Roadsign	47 Carnegie Station, Roadsign for Gunbarrel Highway	48 Carnegie Station, looking back
49 Wildflowers, Flannel Bush on Carnegie Station	50 Wildflowers, Flannel Bush on Carnegie Station	51 Gunbarrel Highway Heading East from Carnegie Station
52 Roadside Vegetation	53 Wild Camels on the Road ahead	54 Wild Camels a little closer
55 Vegetation Gum Trees are sparse now	56 Spinifex on Red Sand Young re-growth after bushfire	57 Gunbarrel Highway The long straight road ahead to the horizon
58 Gunbarrel Highway Mulga Scrub on Roadside	59 Mt William Lambert, parking area	60 View from Mt William Lambert
61 Mt William Lambert, plaque	62 Cairn on Mt William Lambert - 514m	63 Mangkili Claypan Nature Reserve Reserved in 1977 to protect a unique area of ephemeral wetland within the Gibson Desert
64 Mangkili Claypan Nature Reserve	65 Mangkili Claypan Nature Reserve	66 Entering Gibson Desert Nature Reserve
67 Gunbarrel Highway Camel Tracks across the Corrugated Road	68 Wildflowers, Dicrastylis Verbenaceae. Dicrastylis (Dicrastylis exsuccosa)	69 Late Afternoon Shadows on the Gunbarrel Highway
70 Approaching Mt Everard before Sundown	71 Hill beside Mt Everard at Sunset	72 Sunset on Mt Everard
73 Sun's Rays on Hill beside Mt Everard	74 Sun's Rays on Mt Everard	75 Changing Colours of Hill beside Mt Everard
76 Changing Colours of Mt Everard	77 Sunrise at Mt Everard	78 Early Morning View from Mt Everard
79 On Top of Mt Everard	80 Cairn on Mt Everard	81 Mt Everard from Base
82 Gunbarrel Highway Mt Beadell on the Horizon	83 Washed-out section of Gunbarrel Highway It took 2.5 hours to travel 48 kms	84 Wildflowers, Eremophila Wilcox Bush (Eremophila forrestii)
85 Wildflowers, Wild Tomato Solanaceae. Solanum quadiloculatum	86 Desert Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius)	87 Desert Poplar Flowers
88 Gunbarrel Highway Typical Section of Washed-out Road. It took 2.5 hours to travel 48 kms that morning	89 Mt Beadell from Parking Area	90 Mt Beadell Named after Australian explorer and surveyor, Len Beadell
91 Len Beadell Information Kiosk	92 Len Beadell Information Kiosk	93 View of Parking Area from Mt Beadell
94 Stone Cairn on Mt Beadell The name of Mt Beadell was formally approved in 1958 and survey mark and stone cairn built on-site in 1959	95 Memorial to Len Beadell	96 Plaque beside Cairn on Mt Beadell
97 Plaque at base of the Replica Theodolite	98 Replica Theodolite A stainless-steel replica of a surveyor's theodolite was unveiled as a memorial to Len Beadell on the first anniversary of his death	99 View from Mt Beadell
100 Plaque at Lynette's Bore	101 Remains of cemented Camp Fire Place used by Len Beadell	102 Wildflowers, Pussytail Mulla Mulla Amaranthaceae. Large Green Pussytail (Ptilotus macrocephalus)
103 Gunbarrel Highway The road ahead	104 Gunbarrel Highway Another rough section of road	105 Spinifex Ring
106 Spinifex Ring	107 Mulga Shrublands	108 Bore with Hand Pump Good drinking water