Rawlinson Ranges . Anybody been there ?
Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 16:16
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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 .
Reply By: True Blue - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 16:25
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 16:25
Hello Willie. That sounds like an interesting read. Where can I obtain a copy, if available?
Wayne.
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 16:38
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 16:38
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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Reply By: equinox - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 17:13
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 17:13
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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Follow Up By: equinox - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 17:32
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 17:32
This site has a bit of a write up including a picture of Circus Water.
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Reply By: Footloose - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 18:37
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 18:37
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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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 18:50
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 18:50
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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Follow Up By: Footloose - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 19:00
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 19:00
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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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 19:39
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 19:39
Or lack thereof.
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