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Arltunga Mines

gadget April 21st, 2009

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Last weekend we took an afternoon trip out to Arltunga. Arltunga is about 110 km north east of Alice Springs, and was the site of a gold rush in the 1890s. Consequently, it’s now an historic reserve, with a few old stone buildings and numerous mine shafts. There’s also the historic Arltunga Bush Pub (currently closed and for sale!), a visitor’s centre and a nearby fossicking area.

One of the BEST things about Arltunga is that there are mine shafts that have been restored and are open to the public to enter and explore.

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Gary is having WAY too much fun

 The mines are great for kids … big kids… like us:

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So we’ve decided to go back in a couple of weeks and take the kids. Just an excuse of course. Really, we just wanted to go down the mines. Again…

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 And this time, we’ll go camping too.

 

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Yippee!! Bushwalking Season is Finally Here!

Amanda April 13th, 2009

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Why am I smirking? Because finally we can go bush again!!

This summer seemed to be the longest I’ve spent in Alice Springs so far. No camping, no bushwalking and only a little bit of Geocaching… Ok. A fair bit of Geocaching both in South Australia, in Darwin and plus a few more hides put out by us Lost Souls in Central Australia.

The good news is that Gadget and I pulled on our hiking boots over Easter and got out on Section 4 of the Larapinta Trail. The Larapinta Trail is 223 kilometres long, stretching from the Alice Springs Telegraph Station to Mount Sonder in the west. It follows the line of the West MacDonnell Ranges. If you’d like to learn more about the Larapinta Trail, look here.

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