West Macdonnell Ranges - Glen Helen

RB--  its been nice just to have a couple of days of  "not a lot"  to slow down a bit, but now back into it.  The West MacDonnell ranges and a couple of nights at Glen Helen Resort, about 130 km W of Alice.  Good access, asphalt all the way.  We made a couple of stops on the way to check out a few of the spots.  The ochre pits (sample pics below) is a creek bank where the aboriginal people did/do get their ochres for body painting etc.   The colours in the bank are beautiful.  

Next stop was Redbank Gorge.  But it was a bit of a dissapointment as all we could do is get to the start of it as it is still very wet and the path through is filled with water, but you get the idea of how amazing it would be if you could walk through the narrow path.

There is a small lookout just near Glen Helen and the afternoon sun gives an great pic over the hills to the north.  Thats the Finke river in the foreground, beautiful pic hey???

This is basically our view from the caravan, over the Finke river to the cliffs to the south of Glen Helen. Hopefully have some more pics tomorrow if I can get internet access again, its a bit dodgy from the Resort, and no mobile access, but I was surprised as I did get a little mobile access in areas I did not expect.