Monday 8th July, 2024

Tylers Lookout: it got very busy with lots of caravans of people, so we only spent about 20 minutes walking around and taking in the views all around.

Sonder Lookout near Glen Helen Gorge: again very busy with tourists. The Finke River down below is where we are now camping. If you took a photo, not advised as there has been a heavy mist here this morning, you would see us as well. At 8.15 a.m. the mist is lifting somewhat, but we still can’t see distant views.

Finke River Camping: yesterday evening we almost missed the sunset, but managed to get some photos with evening colours. Notice that photo 2 and photo 5 look superficially similar, but 5 shows the last of the pink on the distant hills.

We had an incredible night sky with bright stars right down to the horizon. Unfortunately, there is always one caravanner who has to leave lights on all night, which affected how much we could see. Earlier we watched the moonrise, it is a few days old, and through the binoculars we could see the whole outline of the moon. not visible without them.

Looking at the videos from when we were driving it becomes clear that it is impossible to really convey just incredible the scenary has been on the road. Even photos do not do it justice as you cannot see all of the surroundings which add to the magic.

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