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The vast region known as ‘Central Australia’, and sometimes referred to as the
‘Red Centre’ and the ‘heart of Australia’ is an area is often consider arid and desert-like, yet it encompasses a wide diversity of life… with some amazing flora and fauna. Centred around Alice Springs and focussing on the area around it for approximately 600 km, we will bring for you here some of the fauna and flora to be seen in the region.

Check out some of the interesting and beautiful plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, arachnids and much more that have been found in areas such as Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Watarrka National Park & Kings Canyon, East MacDonnell Ranges and West MacDonnell Ranges, Finke Gorge National Park, Owen Springs Reserve, Standley Chasm / Angkerle Atwatye, Wurre / Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve, Simpson Desert Region, Tennant Creek and Barkly Region and Alice Springs.

Red Cabbage Palm (Livistona mariae), Palm Valley
Red Cabbage Palm (Livistona mariae), Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park
Desert Grevillea (Grevillea juncifolia)
Desert Grevillea (Grevillea juncifolia), south of Alice Springs
Red-bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla), Central Australia, NT
Red-bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla), Central Australia, NT
Mulla Mulla (genus Ptilotus)
Mulla Mulla (genus Ptilotus), Point Howard Lookout
Holly Grevillea (Grevillea wickhamii), Kings Canyon
Holly Grevillea (Grevillea wickhamii), Watarrka National Park
Black-breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon), Simpsons Gap, NT
Black-breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon), Simpsons Gap, NT
Black Swan with Australian Pelicans, 2 Mile, West MacDonnell Ranges
Black Swan with Australian Pelicans, 2 Mile (known locally as 2 Mile Beach), West MacDonnell Ranges
Black-footed Rock Wallaby, Ormiston Gorge
Black-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis centralis), Ormiston Gorge
Dingo (Canis dingo), Kings Canyon
Dingo (Canis dingo), Kings Canyon
Perentie (Varanus giganteus) near Rodinga (Rodinga Siding), NT
Perentie (Varanus giganteus) near Rodinga (Rodinga Siding), NT
Yellow-faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis cuprieceps), Finke Gorge National Park
Yellow-faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis cuprieceps), Finke Gorge National Park
Centralian Tree Frog in the bull rushes (T. domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Centralian Tree Frog in the bull rushes (T. domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Termite mound, Kings Canyon
Termite mound, Kings Canyon
Orange Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus bicolor) with prey, Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park NT
Orange Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus bicolor) with prey (Isopedella inola), Finke Gorge National Park
Desert Huntsman Spider (Isopedella inola), member of the Australian Huntsman Spider group, Alice Springs NT
Desert Huntsman Spider (Isopedella inola), Central Australia

This section is a work in progress, with more information coming…


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