4.7.18 John Hayes Campground to Ruby Gap.

A lovely warm night. Able to sleep with less layers and no socks!!!! 

Up a bit later to the fire restoked - Reve and Steve were up first I think. 

Stef and Steve emptying our fire pit into one of the campground ones. 

A mistletoe beside the car. 

We all walked down to John Hayes Rockhole after pack up complete

There it is. 

The Rockhole. 

The Rockhole. 

The sun shining in the water of the Rockhole. 

Reflections

Walking up to the lookout 

View of the gorge winding around where the river has cut through

There it is without my mug in it. 

Milani and Stef at the Lookout

Lookout views.The hills with wrinkles in all directions for
as far as the eye can see. 

The colours of the outback

Looking down to the Rockhole from above. 

Looking down 

Check out those wrinkles in the rock.

Looking up. Perfect blue sky.

Then off to Trephina Gorge. 

En route we stopped to look at the Ghost Gum, a beautiful old tree. 

The Ghost Gum

Bird circling.

Us and the GG.

Onwards to Trephina Gorge. We split into two with the majority doing the Gorge Walk which took us up the top of Gorge and down into the Valley and Milani and Reve took the Gorge Stroll along the Gorge floor. 

Atop the Gorge.

People had left rocks to form a wall. 

Mary adding to the wall

Zebra finches.

Looking down, Maybe Milani and Reve

Photogs everywhere.

Mary and I were a tad behind the others, this shot looking down on them.
Reve and Milani were waiting with the rest of the gang. 

Bottle Swallow nests up there. 

First Nations Rock Art.

Coming down to the Gorge floor.

Steve

Very clear instructions. We figure being quite close to Alice
Springs there would be many overseas visitors at times. 

The turnaround point.

Some of the colours in the rocks. 

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The colours of a burnt tree. We wondered if it might have
been struck by lightning.

The NT toilet - all those in the Park have looked like this

 We took off from Trephina towards Arltunga for lunch with our final destination to be Ruby Gap. 

Thankfully we encountered no road trains. Only a couple
of teeny trucks. 

Two vehicles kicking up the dust in front. 

Lunch stop. Avocado and Vegemite on
Cruskits for the Dundek’s 

Typical lunch on the road.

Cold meat, tomato sandwiches for the boys.

A pretty good sanga. Tuna, cheese, asparagus,
spinach, beetroot and capsicum. Yum.

Real yum. 

Ham and salad rolls for the Davey’s. 

Tuna, cheese, spinach on cruskits. 

A gold rush was not to last long. 

There was a Hotel there. 

Unfortunately a pub with no beer. 

One of the road signs.

Coming up to a gate. We passed through a couple of
Stations today - Loves Creek, White Range.

Entering Ruby Gap. We paid our camping fees here.
$3.30 per adult per night. 

All about it. 

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A discussion about something or other. 

We drove up to the near the end of the Gorge, we decided not to camp in the Riverbed as it can have flash floods. We backtracked over some pretty rocky and sandy tracks to a camp above the river. Collected firewood and settled in for the night. 

The wood burnt really hot and long. Much milder tonight. 

Had a quick shower in Mary and Phil’s shower. The camper heats the water and has an outside shower - a quick wash was awesome as it was a dusty day. 

Burning  the Rubbish. 

Sitting by the fire. Ahh at the end of yet another day.