Ernest Giles - Vale of Tempe , Glen Edith

Willie,

I think Glen Edith may be near Mt. Winter somewhere. Last year I drove towards Mt. Winter on tracks that were marked on the Auslig maps but had to stop as the dunes got too hard and I was on a strict time schedule so turned back. I wont say his name but the owner of the roadhouse 90 kms south of Alice has been there and knows were it is. The "Tarn of Auber" sounds inviting doesn't it.

I had a look for Vale of Tempe a couple of times but seemed to always get forced north west by a slight ridge. If I ever searched again I would approach from the south east.

Good luck

Excuse me you two silly old buggers but is'nt this a repeat discussion

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Hope everything's OK with your recovery equinox.

Regards

Vale of Tempe lies northwest of Morris Pass on the Mereenie/Larapinta Drive Loop road aprox 24 degress 5 min South and 131degrees 22minutes East

Glen Edith I guess is somewhere in the vivinity of Mt Winter. I have an idea where it might be from looking at the map and Giles' diary

Hello Willie – my (brief) research has revealed the following
Vale of Tempe
Geoscience Australia Name Place Search gives this location
24° 06’ 49.9144” S
131° 23’ 09.1814” E

Giles camp was on Lauries Creek - so it must have been further North West than this. Other maps I have show the Vale of Tempe as an area (i.e. not a defined point) with Lauries Creek running through it - so as a starting point I would use ..say
24° 05’ 54.6720” S
131° 21’ 05.3760”E

Glen Edith
Geoscience Australia Name Place Search gives this location (and for “Tarn of Auber” – the water hole near the camp)
23° 49’ 49.6724” S
131° 23’ 9.1712” E

This also appears to be incorrect as the 250K Geology map (Mt Leibig) of the area actually shows a water hole called the “Tarn of Auber” about 8km west of the above mentioned coordinates – I am tempted to believe the geology map – So Giles Tarn of Auber/Glen Edith camp may be close to :

23° 50’ 25.9874” S
131° 18’ 43.1705” E

Not sure where William and Equinox obtained their info regarding Glen Edith being near Mt Winter – that is over 50km west of where it seems to be according to my research…Giles did get closer to Mount Winter during other periods of his expedition. The Westprint Map of this area also omits the Glen Edith section of his route (though they do state that only a selection of his travels are shown). So keep in mind the actual track shown on this map should only be used as a rough guide i.e. back it up with as much research as possible.

Cheers
Greg

Got me interested now.
I read his diaries about 15 years ago.
Will have to pull out the books and do a reread and see if I can match it up to some maps for future travels.
Darn, and I don't have much spare time as it is! Always something to do.

Here is a copy of Giles' "Australia Twice Traversed" in digital format (html or plain text) for those interested:

www.gutenberg.org/etext/4974

Cheers
Greg