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Desert Tracks #4
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 4 continues the journey from Alice Springs, up the Tanami Track to explore Newhaven Station in the Outback.
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Heading north along the Tanami Road
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Bag Moth Nest of Processionary Caterpillars
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Mulga Ant's Nest
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Roadside vegetation near Tropic of Capricorn
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View of Ranges from Tanami Road
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Tilmouth Well Roadhouse
Tilmouth Well Roadhouse, built in 1990, is named after a nearby well which was once a watering point on the stock route between Mt Doreen and Alice Springs.
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The road into Newhaven Station
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Desert Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius)
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Road to Newhaven Station
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Stuart Bluff Range
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Termite Trails on Ground and on Spinifex
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Central Mount Wedge, 1095 m
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Longleaf Corkwood (Hakea suberea)
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Longleaf Corkwood (Hakea suberea)
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Siddeley Range
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Loading Wood for the Camp Fire
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Good Dry Firewood
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Tents at Newhaven Station Campsite
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Dinkum Australian Outback Dunny
The Long Drop!
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Campfire at Newhaven Station
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Toasting Marshmallows on the Campfire
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Drought affected Desert Bloodwood near Campsite
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The Bloodwood 'Apple' or 'Bush Coconut'
The Bloodwood 'Apple' or 'Bush Coconut' is home to the Apiomorpha pomiformis, a bug which feeds on the bloodwood's juices.
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Australian Magpie
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Vegetation near the Campsite
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Homestead at Newhaven Station
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Cumquat Tree at Homestead
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Rainfall Chart, Newhaven Station
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Rainfall Records, Newhaven Station
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Birds Australia Poster
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Walls inside Homestead are made of Corrugated Iron
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Newhaven Station Homestead
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Tree by Homestead
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Southern Cross Windmill
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Windmill and Tank near Homestead
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Bat's Wing Coral Tree (Erythrina vespertilio)
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Crested Pigeon on Dead Branch
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Crested Pigeon coming to drink at Waterhole
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The Gorge, Newhaven Station
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Walking up The Gorge, Newhaven Station
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Rock Wall of The Gorge
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Minnie-Richie Mulga
Mimosaceae. Acacia rhodophloia.
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Ghost Gums growing between Rocks on top of The Gorge
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Ghost Gum against Blue Skies
Ghost Gum (Eucalyptus papuana)
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Vegetation on Newhaven Station
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Siddeley Range from Newhaven Station
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View over Newhaven Station
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Succulent plant Tecticornia growing on claypan
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Red Tecticornia growing on claypan at Newhaven Station
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Green Tecticornia
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Blue Tecticornia growing on claypan at Newhaven Station
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Dry, Cracked Earth of Claypan
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Tea-tree (Melaleuca)
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Drought affected Vegetation at Stockyards
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Rob's Bore at Newhaven Station
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Water Trough in Stock Yards at Rob's Bore
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This Shrub is thriving in the overflow from the Bore
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Alex's Lookout view 1, Newhaven Station
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Alex's Lookout view 2, Newhaven Station
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Alex's Lookout view 3, Newhaven Station
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Curry Wattle (Acacia spondylophylla)
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Ghost Gum (Eucalyptus papuana)
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Mulga (Acacia aneura)
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Salt Lake crossing
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Holly Grevillea (Grevillea aquifolium)
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Solar Powered Pump at Southern Cross Bore
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Skeleton of a Camel
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Stockyards at Southern Cross Bore
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Caterpillar crawling out of Bag Moth Nest
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Top of Water Tank at Camel Bore
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Zebra Finches at Camel Bore
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Ghost Gum
This Ghost Gum has been named 'Olympic Tree' because of its resemblance to a discus thrower
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Dingo walking away from Babbler Bore
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Beautiful Tree at Babbler Bore
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Windmill and Tank at Babbler Bore
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Post and Rail Stockyards at Babbler Bore
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Camel Research Area near Babbler Bore
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Blom Bore, Newhaven Station
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Steel Stockyards at Blom Bore
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Wildflowers
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Dry Bed of Boundary Lake
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Crossing Boundary Lake before leaving Newhaven Station
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Galahs on lawn at Tilmouth Well Camping Ground
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Swimming Pool at Tilmouth Well Camping Ground
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Picnic Area at Tilmouth Well
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Major Mitchell Cockatoo (Cacatua sanguinea)
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Emu in the Camping Grounds
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Butterflies attracted to Red Bottlebrush Flowers
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Dry sandy bed of Napperby Creek
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River Red Gums in Napperby Creek
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Ironwood in Flower
Mimosaceae (Acacia estrophiolata)
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Road to Lake Lewis south of Tilmouth Well
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Termite Mound
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Lake Lewis was dry
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Lake Lewis with Stuart Bluff Range on Horizon
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View from the Lookout Hill
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Lake Lewis with Siddeley Range on Horizon
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Lake Lewis from the Lookout Hill
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Black Kite (Milvus migrans) flying overhead
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Napperby Creek Crossing, Tanami Road
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Tanami Road, near Cadney Bore
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Mulga Ant's Nest
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White Paper Daisy (Helipterum floribundum)
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Mural 1 on Building in Alice Springs
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Mural 2 on Building in Alice Springs
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Mural 3 on Building in Alice Springs
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Adelaide House, Alice Springs
Designed by Rev. John Flynn this building was used as the only medical centre for the region until 1939
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Qantas Flight home from Alice Springs to Perth