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Category: Central Australia

  • a penthouse with a view…

    a penthouse with a view…

    Author Koh Lin ◦ Who would have known… that from the first row of single bedroom units — I guess you could call these the ground floor units — an apartment block would be built above them. I might have… Continue reading

  • Now where did we leave our child…

    Now where did we leave our child…

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ I am telling you… this is where we left the baby… Well lets keep looking… Ok… let daddy try calling for junior… Baby… baby… is it time to leave the creche… You can read more on… Continue reading

  • A bit of Ruff at the Poo Ponds

    A bit of Ruff at the Poo Ponds

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ Five minutes of being inside the gates of the Alice Springs sewage ponds and I spotted the Australian Pratincole!! Wonderful find, click, click, click. The crows, at least 25 to 30 of them, were continually harassing… Continue reading

  • My yellow hairy bug…

    My yellow hairy bug…

    Author Koh Lin ◦ Another day at work… and after a windy night, I had just finished my morning task of pool maintenance. I had taken the pool cleaner out and there was not one leaf in the pool, or… Continue reading

  • Loving the River Red Gum

    Loving the River Red Gum

    Author Koh Lin ◦ Found growing across Australia is the River Red Gum. Although I have always noticed them, I really did not pay too much attention, as living in Central Australia, they were all around me. Since I have… Continue reading

  • The Love of your Best Friend

    The Love of your Best Friend

    Author Andrew Turner ◦ It was a very special launch of the 2022 Alice Springs Beanie Festival. Ausemade were once again one of the many sponsors at this iconic and fantastic event in Alice Springs that bring entries from around… Continue reading

  • Instead of going straight, I turned…

    Instead of going straight, I turned…

    Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ Who would have believed it… after all these days, weeks and months, instead of going straight, I turned… right. Yaaahhhh… having done the endless hours of down the road to Uluru, I finally get to… Continue reading

  • The Right Equipment

    The Right Equipment

    Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ Had a call out from Bianca and Elly this morning from Simpson’s Gap.They needed a new backpack because the one Bianca took was slowing them down. Very important to have the right gear that you… Continue reading

  • What’s that on the windsock in the poo ponds…

    What’s that on the windsock in the poo ponds…

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ A perfect morning at ‘the ponds’, cool and crisp with the sun just over the ranges. No wind, good company and I hadn’t been to the “Poo Ponds” for a while. What’s that on the windsock,… Continue reading

  • Flight of the Black Swan

    Flight of the Black Swan

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ This morning at 06.00 hrs, I literally dragged myself from my comfy bed as I had an appointment to meet people at the sewage ponds!!! I’d had a huge week, busy, busy. But enough of that.… Continue reading

  • A tangled web…

    A tangled web…

    Author Koh Lin ◦ Life can get complicated… sometimes, things do not go right… the smooth sailing has hit some turbulence… and there appears to be no way out. So it is, your life may become a tangled web… or… Continue reading

  • A day in the life of Redbank Waterhole

    A day in the life of Redbank Waterhole

    Author Dorothy L. ◦ WOW so much water in the gorge, the banks are wonderfully green, the sky is cloud free and a vibrant azure blue. Then I heard this loud squark, squark, squark, and there atop a dead tree… Continue reading