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Rawlinson Ranges . Anybody been there ?

Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 15:16

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd.

One place I have always wanted to go after reading the diaries of Ernest Giles .

I look forward to hearing any reports of visits .

Thanks ,

Willie .

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AnswerID: 225093   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 15:25

True Blue replied:

Hello Willie. That sounds like an interesting read. Where can I obtain a copy, if available?

Wayne.
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FollowupID: 486043   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 15:38

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. posted:

Hi Wayne ,

You can buy Australia Twice Traversed which has his trips to around Alice and to WA . This also has some interesting but inaccurate maps of his tracks .

You can read the notes on line , for free at :
www.gutenberg.org/etext/4974

This site is brilliant if you are interested in exploration .

After you have read this you will want to go to the Rawlinson Ranges too . Pity about the access problems though .

Willie .

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AnswerID: 225097   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 16:13

equinox replied:

It wasn't always fun for Giles at the Rawlinson's.

From page 199. "I was very footsore, and could only go at a snails pace. Just as I got clear of the bank of the creek, I heard a faint squeak, and looking about I saw, and immediately caught, a small dying wallaby, whose marsupial mother had evidently thrown it from her pouch. It only weighed about two ounces, and was scarcely furnished yet with fur. The instant I saw it, like an eagle I pounced upon it and ate it, living, raw, dying - fur, skin, bones, skull, and all. The delicious taste of that creature I shall never forget."

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FollowupID: 486045   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 16:32

equinox posted:

This site has a bit of a write up including a picture of Circus Water.
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AnswerID: 225107   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 17:37

Footloose replied:

AFAIK permission is difficult to get to travel in parts of that area. Obviously not so if you run a tour and pay for a guide ?
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FollowupID: 486056   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 17:50

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. posted:

Footie ,
I have heard that the tours can only get in there on a day trip . Not sure how true that is .
Willie .

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FollowupID: 486058   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 18:00

Footloose posted:

Willie, fair enough. They don't want any group spoiling the environment...or the guides dont want to hang around after dark because of spirits perhaps.
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FollowupID: 486060   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 18:39

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. posted:

Or lack thereof.

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