The Northern Territory - my Top 5 Travel Tips
The perception of the Northern Territory is that we’re a bit behind the times up here, and it’s a dangerous place to be (Correct me if I’m wrong, I’d love to know what you think of the NT!).
The NT is Outback Australia, it is NATURE Territory.
We have so much to explore here!
This blog post covers my top tips on how to “do the NT” and get the most out of your trip!
Larapinta Trail - Day 16 - Redbank Gorge to Mount Sonder return
This was it! The last 14km of the trail!
My day began with a 2:45am alarm.
I made a coffee as quietly as I could so as not to wake the others. I wasn’t having breakfast before leaving camp, but I had a couple of museli bars and carried snacks up with me. I’d guess we’d be back at camp by around 9:30am ish ready for the 11am pick up.
My bag was already packed and organised the day before. I did have a sea-to-summit day pack with me, but I decided to use my main pack for better comfort and support - I still needed to carry a bit of weight with the 5kg of camera equipment and a couple of litres of water and snacks.
Larapinta Trail - Day 15 - Hilltop Lookout to Redbank Gorge
The last day of walking! I couldn’t believe it was here. The trip flew by. And I pretty much loved every minute (with the exception of about 2 hours!).
I also can’t believe I’m nearly at the end of writing and processing images from such an epic trip. I took nearly 1600 photos on the hike, plus a whole heap more in the week after the trip - I took another 1000 alone on a one hour sunrise helicopter flight!
Larapinta Trail - Day 10 - Rocky Gully to Ellery Creek
I didn’t shoot that sunrise from Rocky Gully. The area didn’t excite me in terms of photographic opportunities!
Leaving Rocky Gully that morning I had to wear the fly net again - the second time during the trip. I really think it’s something to do with cattle - the stronger the evidence of cattle (including being able to smell them!), the higher the prevalence of flies! After an hour or so of wearing it, I’d decided it was safe to remove it….. and then proceeded to swallow a fly. Haha!
Larapinta Trail - Introduction - A photographer's hike!
Last year, April 2020, I had planned to hike the Larapinta Trail when COVID-19 hit Australia and the whole country went in to lockdown. I had already left Darwin for Alice Springs, and was in Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park when the chaos fully hit. I was a few days out from my hike start date and was told the trail (and all national parks in Australia), were closed. People were being told to go home and stay home. So, I left Uluru and drove straight home to Darwin in one day. (That’s a long drive! I left Uluru at 5am and ended up arriving home at 1am).
Anyway, long story short, I managed to make the hike happen the following year. My new start date was March 25th 2021. And I am SO glad I was