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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.
Album by gladysclancy. Photos by Gladys. 1 - 108 of 108 Total. 4363 Visits.
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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

   
 
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