![Enlarge photo 1](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/115_0351.JPG) 1 Gunbarrel Highway continues The Gunbarrel Highway was surveyed and constructed by Len Beadell.
| ![Enlarge photo 2](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/116_0350.JPG) 2 The Len Beadell Desert Bloodwood Tree Len Beadell put a plaque on this Desert Bloodwood Tree (Eucalyptus terminalis).
| ![Enlarge photo 3](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/117_0349.JPG) 3 Plaque on Len Beadell Tree
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![Enlarge photo 4](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/118_0348.JPG) 4 Shadow of Len Beadell Tree across Gunbarrel Highway
| ![Enlarge photo 5](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/120_0346.JPG) 5 The Len Beadell Desert Bloodwood Tree Len Beadell put a plaque on this Desert Bloodwood Tree (Eucalyptus terminalis).
| ![Enlarge photo 6](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/119_0347.JPG) 6 Mulga Ant's Nest The Mulga Ant's Nests have a slit-like opening instead of the usual round hole.
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![Enlarge photo 7](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/121_0345.JPG) 7 Junction Gunbarrel Highway and Heather Highway
| ![Enlarge photo 8](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/122_0344.JPG) 8 The Gunbarrel Highway goes on ahead
| ![Enlarge photo 9](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/124_0342.JPG) 9 Looking back on Gunbarrel Highway behind us
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![Enlarge photo 10](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/123_0343.JPG) 10 Turning onto the Heather Highway
| ![Enlarge photo 11](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/125_0341.JPG) 11 Spinifex and Mulga vegetation
| ![Enlarge photo 12](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/129_0337.JPG) 12 Early Morning on Heather Highway
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![Enlarge photo 13](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/127_0339.JPG) 13 Roadside Wildflowers at Dawn
| ![Enlarge photo 14](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/128_0338.JPG) 14 Green Crumbweed (Chenopodiaceae) growing between the stones
| ![Enlarge photo 15](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/126_0340.JPG) 15 Wildflowers along Heather Highway Verbenaceae. Dicrastylis (Dicrastylis exsuccosa)
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![Enlarge photo 16](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/130_0336.JPG) 16 Small Beetle burrowing in the road
| ![Enlarge photo 17](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/131_0335.JPG) 17 Breakaways, 90 kms east of Warburton
| ![Enlarge photo 18](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/132_0334.JPG) 18 Caves where Stick Nest Rats live
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![Enlarge photo 19](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/136_0330.JPG) 19 Rock Formations
| ![Enlarge photo 20](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/125_0331.JPG) 20 Close-up of Cave in Breakaways
| ![Enlarge photo 21](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/133_0333.JPG) 21 Breakaways viewed from road
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![Enlarge photo 22](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/134_0332.JPG) 22 Great Central Road between Warburton and Giles We are now travelling on the Great Central Road between Warburton and Giles in Western Australia.
| ![Enlarge photo 23](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/137_0329.JPG) 23 Stopped for Lunch
| ![Enlarge photo 24](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/138_0328.JPG) 24 Two types of Lichen on Rocks
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![Enlarge photo 25](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/139_0327.JPG) 25 Tjukurlapini Rockholes (Gnamma Holes) The Tjukurlapini Rockholes, or Gnamma Holes, were used as a water supply by the Aborigines.
| ![Enlarge photo 26](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/141_0325.JPG) 26 Rick at Tjukurlapini Rockholes (Gnamma Holes) The Tjukurlapini Rockholes, or Gnamma Holes, were used as a water supply by the Aborigines.
| ![Enlarge photo 27](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/142_0324.JPG) 27 Rick and Joe at Tjukurlapini Rockholes
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![Enlarge photo 28](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/140_0326.JPG) 28 Great Central Road at Tjukurlapini Rockholes
| ![Enlarge photo 29](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/143_0323.JPG) 29 Magnificent Rawlinson Range
| ![Enlarge photo 30](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/144_0322.JPG) 30 Giles Weather Station The Giles Weather Station was established in 1956 by the Weapons Research Establishment to provide weather data for the UK atomic weapons tests at Emu Plains and Maralinga, and to support the rocket testing program based at Woomera. In 1972, it was transferred to the Bureau of Meteorology.
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![Enlarge photo 31](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/151_0315.JPG) 31 Giles Weather Station Codan Radio
| ![Enlarge photo 32](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/150_0316.JPG) 32 Giles Weather Station Sunshine Recorder
| ![Enlarge photo 33](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/148_0318.JPG) 33 Giles Weather Station Display
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![Enlarge photo 34](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/149_0317.JPG) 34 Giles Weather Station Display of Instruments
| ![Enlarge photo 35](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/153_0313.JPG) 35 Giles Weather Station Display
| ![Enlarge photo 36](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/152_0314.JPG) 36 Map made from Burnt Matches
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![Enlarge photo 37](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/145_0321.JPG) 37 Giles Weather Station cartoon by Len Beadell
| ![Enlarge photo 38](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/146_0320.JPG) 38 Giles Weather Station cartoon by Len Beadell
| ![Enlarge photo 39](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/147_0319.JPG) 39 Giles Weather Station cartoon by Len Beadell
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![Enlarge photo 40](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/154_0312.JPG) 40 Remains of the Blue Streak Rocket The remains of the Blue Streak Rocket which landed near Giles Weather Station.
| ![Enlarge photo 41](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/155_0311.JPG) 41 Giles Weather Station Memorial to Len Beadell
| ![Enlarge photo 42](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/156_0310.JPG) 42 Caterpillar Grader used by Len Beadell Giles is the resting place for the Caterpillar Grader used by Len Beadell to build the Gunbarrel Highway.
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![Enlarge photo 43](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/157_0309.JPG) 43 Giles Weather Station against the Light
| ![Enlarge photo 44](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/158_0308.JPG) 44 Desert Oaks beyond Warakurna
| ![Enlarge photo 45](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/159_0307.JPG) 45 Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana)
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![Enlarge photo 46](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/160_0306.JPG) 46 Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana)
| ![Enlarge photo 47](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/161_0305.JPG) 47 Desert Oaks along Great Central Road
| ![Enlarge photo 48](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/162_0304.JPG) 48 Seed Cones of the Desert Oak
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![Enlarge photo 49](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/163_0303.JPG) 49 Ghost Gum in front of Schwerin Mural Crescent
| ![Enlarge photo 50](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/164_0302.JPG) 50 Mulga Scrub in front of Ranges
| ![Enlarge photo 51](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/168_0298.JPG) 51 Grass Trees in front of Schwerin Mural Crescent
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![Enlarge photo 52](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/169_0297.JPG) 52 Grass Trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
| ![Enlarge photo 53](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/170_0296.JPG) 53 Grass Trees at Sundown
| ![Enlarge photo 54](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/171_0295.JPG) 54 Grass Trees at Sundown
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![Enlarge photo 55](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/165_0301.JPG) 55 Late Afternoon Sun on Schwerin Mural Crescent
| ![Enlarge photo 56](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/172_0294.JPG) 56 Desert Sunset 1
| ![Enlarge photo 57](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/173_0293.JPG) 57 Desert Sunset 2
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![Enlarge photo 58](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/174_0292.JPG) 58 Desert Sunset 3
| ![Enlarge photo 59](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/175_0291.JPG) 59 Desert Sunset 4
| ![Enlarge photo 60](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/176_0290.JPG) 60 Border Crossing State Border of Western Australia and Northern Territory.
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![Enlarge photo 61](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/177_0289.JPG) 61 Last Rays of Sun at Border Crossing
| ![Enlarge photo 62](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/179_0287.JPG) 62 Docker River Sunset 1
| ![Enlarge photo 63](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/180_0286.JPG) 63 Docker River Sunset 2
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![Enlarge photo 64](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/181_0285.JPG) 64 Docker River Sunset 3
| ![Enlarge photo 65](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/182_0284.JPG) 65 Docker River Sunset 4
| ![Enlarge photo 66](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/183_0283.JPG) 66 Docker River Sunset 5
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![Enlarge photo 67](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/184_0282.JPG) 67 Sunrise on Schwerin Mural Crescent
| ![Enlarge photo 68](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/185_0281.JPG) 68 Sunrise from Docker River Camping Ground
| ![Enlarge photo 69](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/186_0280.JPG) 69 Docker River Lookout view 1
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![Enlarge photo 70](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/187_0279.JPG) 70 Docker River Lookout view 2
| ![Enlarge photo 71](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/188_0278.JPG) 71 Docker River Lookout view 3
| ![Enlarge photo 72](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/189_0277.JPG) 72 Docker River Lookout view 4
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![Enlarge photo 73](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/190_0276.JPG) 73 Docker River Lookout view 5
| ![Enlarge photo 74](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/191_0275.JPG) 74 Docker River Lookout view 6
| ![Enlarge photo 75](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/192_0274.JPG) 75 Docker River Lookout view 7
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![Enlarge photo 76](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/193_0273.JPG) 76 Docker River Lookout view 8
| ![Enlarge photo 77](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/194_0272.JPG) 77 Murals on Information Kiosk at Docker River Camping Ground
| ![Enlarge photo 78](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/195_0271.JPG) 78 Murals inside Information Kiosk
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![Enlarge photo 79](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/196_0270.JPG) 79 Pathway to Lasseter's Cave
| ![Enlarge photo 80](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/197_0269.JPG) 80 Harsh Country surrounding Lasseter's Cave
| ![Enlarge photo 81](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/198_0268.JPG) 81 Memorial Plaque for Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter
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![Enlarge photo 82](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/199_0267.JPG) 82 Lasseter's Cave Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter sheltered in this cave for approximately 25 days in January 1931.
| ![Enlarge photo 83](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/200_0266.JPG) 83 Entrance to Lasseter's Cave Lasseter was stranded without food after his camels had bolted.
| ![Enlarge photo 84](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/201_0265.JPG) 84 Near Lasseter's Cave
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![Enlarge photo 85](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/202_0264.JPG) 85 Dry Sandy Creekbed near Lasseter's Cave
| ![Enlarge photo 86](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/203_0263.JPG) 86 Wildflowers, Minuria leptophylla Minuria grows on flat sandy soil and was found when we stopped to see a Mulga Snake which was crossing the road.
| ![Enlarge photo 87](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/204_0262.JPG) 87 Banks of the Shaw River after Bushfire
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![Enlarge photo 88](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/205_0261.JPG) 88 Dry Sandy Bed of the Shaw River
| ![Enlarge photo 89](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/206_0260.JPG) 89 Shaw River after recent Bushfire
| ![Enlarge photo 90](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/207_0259.JPG) 90 Wildflowers, Desert Grevillea
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![Enlarge photo 91](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/208_0258.JPG) 91 Red Sand Dunes, Spinifex and young Desert Oak
| ![Enlarge photo 92](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/209_0257.JPG) 92 Wildflowers
| ![Enlarge photo 93](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/210_0255.JPG) 93 Rattlepod Grevillea (Grevillea stenobotrya)
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![Enlarge photo 94](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/deserttracks/deserttracks2/icons/211_0256.JPG) 94 First View of The Olgas on the Horizon
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