Tuesday 28 February 2017

Febrero 28 / February 28

Hoy continuamos nuestro camino hacia el Uluru, pero nos encontramos muchar cosas para ver sobre la autopista 6 o Larapinta, asi que llegar al Uluru nos va a tomar mas tiempo del que estimamos.

Paramos en varios lugares: El cañon Ormiston, el cañon Glen Helen, el mirador del monte Sonder, el cañon Redbank, el mirador del cerro Tyler, Reserva Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) y finalmente el Cañon Kings.

Vamos a pasar la noche en el camping del hotel Kings Canyon para ir a hacer una caminada mañana por la mañana.

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Today we continue our journey towards the Uluru, however we found a lot of things to see along Highway 6 or Larapinta Drive, so getting to the Uluru is going to take longer than expected.

We stopped at several places, Ormiston Gorge, Glen Helen Gorge, Mount Sonder lookout, Redbank Gorge, Tyler’s Pass lokout, Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve and finally Kings Canyon.

We are spending the night at Kings Canyon resort campground so we can go for a hike tomorrow morning.

Cañon Ormiston, Northern Territory, Australia
Ormiston Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Ormiston, Northern Territory, Australia
Ormiston Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Ormiston, Northern Territory, Australia
Ormiston Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Ormiston, Northern Territory, Australia
Ormiston Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Glen Helen, Northern Territory, Australia
Glen Helen Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Glen Helen, Northern Territory, Australia
Glen Helen Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia

Monte Sonder, Northern Territory, Australia
Mount Sonder, Northern Territory, Australia

Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Redbank, Northern Territory, Australia
Red bank Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia

Northern Territory, Australia

Reserva Tnorala (Gosse Bluff), Northern Territory, Australia
Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia

Reserva Tnorala (Gosse Bluff), Northern Territory, Australia
Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Kings, Northern Territory, Australia
Kings Canyon, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Kings, Northern Territory, Australia
Kings Canyon, Northern Territory, Australia

Monday 27 February 2017

Febrero 27 / February 27

En la mañana estuvimos conociendo en Alice Springs.  Estuvimos en el prescinto cultural Araluen, donde esta el museo, la galleria de arte, el primer hangar en Alice Springs.
Tambien estuvimos recogiendo un permiso gratuito para manejar en la via Mereenie Loop; ya que es una via que cruza una reserva indigena se necesita un permiso especial para transitar por ahi.

En la tarde empezamos a manejar hacia el Uluru, pero hicimos varias paradas; estuvimos en el charco de la quebrada Ellery e hicimos una caminada al canon Serpentine, asi que nos cogio la noche.  Encontramos un lugar al lado de la carretera para pasar la noche y no habia nadie mas.  El sitio estaba en una montaña y tenia una vista del cielo y las estrellas espectacular.

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We spent the morning and part of the afternoon in Alice Springs.  We went to Araluen Cultural Precint and visited the museum, art gallery and the first hangar in Alice Springs.
We also went to pick up a free permit to drive on Mereenie Loop Road; as it is an indigenous reserve we needed to obtain a permit to drive on that road.


In the afternoon we started driving towards the Uluru, however we made several stops along the way.  We stopped at Ellery Creek waterhole and went for a hike to Serpentine Gorge so we were forced to spend the night in the area.  We found a beautiful place along the road, it was a rest area and we were the only ones there.  Since it was in a mountain we had a nice view of the sky and all the stars.

Museo de Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Alice Springs Museum, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Galeria de Arte de Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Alice Springs Art Gallery, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Galeria de Arte de Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Alice Springs Art Gallery, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Avion de Servicio Medico, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Royal Flying Doctor Service airplane, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Charco de la Quebrada Ellery, Northern Territory, Australia
Ellery Creek Waterhole, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Serpentine, Northern Territory, Australia
Serpentine Canyon, Northern Territory, Australia

Cañon Serpentine, Northern Territory, Australia
Serpentine Canyon, Northern Territory, Australia

Atardecer, Northern Territory, Australia
Sunset, Northern Territory, Australia

La Via Lactea, Northern Territory, Australia
Milky Way, Northern Territory, Australia

Sunday 26 February 2017

Febrero 24 - 26 / February 24 - 26

Vamos rumbo al Uluru o la Roca Ayer’s, en todo el centro de Australia.  Pero antes hay que manejar y manejar!

El 24 de Febrero manejamos desde Milla Milla a Hughenden.  Paramos en varios lugares solamente a tanquear.  El unico lugar interesante fue Ravenshoe, donde habia un señor tocando guitarra y me fui a hablar con el y toco una cancion muy bonita.

Una señora en un puesto de informacion nos sugirio tomar la Autopista Savannah que nos lleva al Uluru; pero antes de llegar a la interseccion The Lindt nos encontramos a un empleado gubernamental que coincidencialmente trabaja en las vias y nos dijo que debido al cyclon que habia habido en el Golfo de Carpentaria las vias estaban cerradas y no habia paso en algunas secciones, nos recomendo tomar otra ruta.  Ahora vamos a tomar la Autopista A6.  En la interseccion The Lindt tuvimos dos opciones, la ruta larga (Autopista 63 hacia Charters Towers y luego A6 hacia Hughenden) o la ruta corte (Autopista 62 hacia Hughenden).  En la bomba de gasolina la señora nos dijo que la via no tenia inundaciones.  La autopista 62 se llama Ruta en Desarrollo Kennedy (mucho ojo con la palabra “Desarrollo”)… es una via “hibrida” y con “hibrida” me refiero a que hay partes pavimentadas y partes destapadas.  Manejamos 270Km y solo nos encontramos 5 carros, 3 en el sentido contrario y 2 en la misma direccion de nosotros.  No creo que ganamos mucho tomando esta via porque no podiamos manejar muy rapido en las partes destapadas.  Tambien habia que tener cuidado con vacas y toros porque las fincas en esta zona no tienen linderos y siempre nos encontramos varios toros en la via… bastante miedoso!  Tambien nos encontramos un par de canguros en la via.

Nos demoramos como 3.5 horas para recorrer los 270Km pero llegamos a Hughenden sanos y salvos.

El 25 de Febrero manejamos desde Hughenden hasta Camooweal.  Paramos en cada pueblo que nos encontramos en el camino a tanquear… bueno, solo hay unos cuantos, Richmond, Julia Creek, Cloncurry, Mount Isa y Camooweal.  Todo esto en un recorrido de 711Km, pore so habia que parar en cada uno y llenar el tanque!

El mas emocionante es Mount Isa que tiene una mina de plata-plomo a cielo abierto.

Llegamos a Camooweal antes del atardecer pues nosh an recomendado no manejar de noche porque se pueden atravezar canguros, cerdos salvajes, toros o vacas.  Por la noche fuimos al bar del pueblo a tomarnos una cerveza.  En el pueblo viven solamente 187 personas y habian unas 50 en el bar… bueno, era Sabado.  Nos fuimos antes de que se pusiera pesado el ambiente, ya habian varios borrachos!


El 26 de Febrero fue mas de lo mismo.  Manejamos 960Km de Camooweal a Alice Springs.  Paramos a almorazar en una formacion rocosa que se llama Devil’s Marbles, donde hay unas piedras que no se explican todavia como llegaron a parar ahi en los lugares donde estan.  Salimos a las 7:30am y llegamos a Alice Springs a las 6:15pm.  Esta vez tambien paramos en casi todos los pueblos a tanquear… creo que solo se nos paso uno!

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We are heading to the Uluru or Ayer’s Rock, right in the centre of Australia.

On February 24 we drove from Millaa Millaa to Hughenden.  We stopped at several places to fill up only.  The only interesting place was Ravenshoe, where I heard a guy playing guitar and I went to talk to him and he played a very nice song.

We had chosen one of the suggestions from a lady in the information centre.  We were going to take the Savannah Highway which will take us to the Uluru; however we stopped just before The Lindt Juntion and talked to a Queensland Government road services employee (just the person we needed) and he told us that due to the latest cyclon in the Gulf of Carpentaria the road was flooded and it was best for us to take a different route.  We are now heading towards Highway A6.  At The Lindt Junction we had two options, the long route (Highway 63 to Charters Towers and then A6 to Hughenden) or the shortcut (Highway 62 to Hughenden).  We asked the lady at the petrol station and she said that they shortcut was a good option and it was not flooded so we opted for that option.  The shortcut, Highway 62 is also called Kennedy Developmental Road (pay attention to the “Developmental” part of it)… this is a “hybrid” road and by “hybrid” I mean that there are sealed or paved sections as well as unsealed, gravel or unpaved sections.  We drove for 270Km on this road and came across to just 5 cars, 3 in the opposite direction and 2 in the same direction as us.  We did not gain too much ground today as the speed on the unsealed, gravel, unpaved sections was much slower.  We also had to be very careful as the farms are not fenced so we encounter several 400Kg bulls wandering in the middle of the road… that was scary!  There was also the odd wallaby on the side of the road.

It took us over 3.5 hours to drive this stretch of highway but fortunately enough we arrived in Hughenden safely.

On February 25 we drove from Hughenden to Camooweal.  We stopped in every single town we found along the road to fill up… well, there are only a hand full of them, Richmond, Julia Creek, Cloncurry, Mount Isa and Camooweal.  All this in a span of 711Km, this is why we stopped in every single one of them to fill up!

The only one exciting was Mount Isa which has an open pit silver-lead mine.

We arrived at Camooweal just before sunset as there is a recommendation not to drive at night due to the high risk of hitting a kangaroo, wild pig, bulls or cows.  We went to the local pub for a couple of beers.  There is only 187 people living in Camooweal and there were around 50 people at the pub… well, it was Saturday night.  We left before it got too crazy though!


February 26 was much more of the same.  We drove 960Km from Camooweal to Alice Springs. We stopped for lunch at Devil’s Marbles, a rock formation in the middle of the desert.  It is unexplainable how these rocks ended up where they are.  We left at 7:30am and arrived at 6:15pm in Alice Springs.  Again, we stopped at almost every town to fill up… I think we missed only one!


Turbinas de Viento, Queensland, Australia
Wind Turbines, Queensland, Australia

Nido de Termitas, Queensland, Australia
Termites Nest, Queensland, Australia

Autopista 62, Queensland, Australia
Highway 62, Queensland, Australia

Parque Nacional Cañon Porcupine, Queensland, Australia
Porcupine Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia

Parque Nacional Cañon Porcupine, Queensland, Australia
Porcupine Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia

Parque Nacional Cañon Porcupine, Queensland, Australia
Porcupine Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia

Autopista A6, Queensland, Australia
Highway A6, Queensland, Australia

Nido de Termitas, Queensland, Australia
Termites Nest, Queensland, Australia

Ranas de labio blanco en el baño del puesto de información de Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
White lipped frogs in Cloncurry's information centre toilet, Queensland, Australia

Monte Isa, Queensland, Australia
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Mina a cielo abierto en Monte Isa, Queensland, Australia
Open pit mine in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Grillo, Queensland, Australia
Cricket, Queensland, Australia

Grillo, Queensland, Australia
Cricket, Queensland, Australia

Llegamos a el Territorio del Norte, Northern Territory, Australia
We got to the Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Australia

Tren de Carretera, Northern Territory, Australia
Road Train, Northern Territory, Australia
Formación Rocosa Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia
Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia

Formación Rocosa Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia
Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia

Formación Rocosa Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia
Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia

Formación Rocosa Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia
Devil's Marbles, Northern Territory, Australia

Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Thursday 23 February 2017

Febrero 23 / February 23

Hoy manejamos de Cairns a Milla Milla para ver varias cascadas en la zona.  Desafortunadamente en Milla Milla en esta epoca no para de llover.  Llegamos en la tarde y estaba con neblina y lloviendo, asi que decidimos esperar hasta mañana par air a las cascadas.  Miramos el pronostico del tiempo y es pura lluvia por la proxima semana asi que cambiamos los planes y nos fuimos para las cascadas.  Contamos con suerte que paro de llover, estaba todavia con neblina pero pudimos ver todas las cascadas de la zona.

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We drove from Cairns to Millaa Millaa to see a few waterfalls in the area.  Unfortunately in Millaa Millaa at this time of the year does not stop raining.  We arrived in the afternoon and it was foggy and raining, so we decided to wait until tomorrow to see the waterfalls.  We looked at the forecast and it was rain for the next week so we changed our plans and headed to the waterfalls.  We were very lucky and it stopped raining, it was still foggy; but we could see all three waterfalls in the area.


Arbol Cortina de Brevas, Queensland, Australia
Curtain Fig Tree, Queensland, Australia

Arbol Cortina de Brevas, Queensland, Australia
Curtain Fig Tree, Queensland, Australia

Cascadas, Queensland, Australia
Waterfalls, Queensland, Australia

Cascadas Milla Milla, Queensland, Australia
Milla Milla Waterfalls, Queensland, Australia

Cascadas Zillie, Queensland, Australia
Zillie Waterfalls, Queensland, Australia

Cascadas Ellinjaa, Queensland, Australia
Ellinjaa Waterfalls, Queensland, Australia

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