The Red Centre is becoming that again as fires clear away the lush undergrowth to reveal the red sand. As the temperature slowly creep up to around the 30deg the cool nights together with the clear blue days are just stunning. The flowers have finished along the ranges from Alice Springs but out across Missionary Plain toward Hermannsburg and around Gosse Bluff, the acacias and cassias are still in full bloom with the branches “bending” under the weight of the flowers. With a recent light rain only in the Uluru area – approaching Ayers Rock Resort the Grevillia’s have found even more energy as the last 2 weeks has seen and explosion of flowers – how many shades of yellow do you want? Honey, Desert, Honeysuckle Grevilia are all in full bloom. Along with the moisture still in the sand dunes, making the sand that lovely dark red colour, and contrasting beautifully with the yellow flowers and blue sky. Mutujulu Waterhole at the base of Uluru is starting to drop but the rock is still trickling water into it at this point so it will  be a while yet before the surface water disappears completely.

The vastness of the Australian Outback can only be experienced to be appreciated, I had no idea of the variations and changes in the landscape . A few years ago I was in the Nevada desert and I thought that was beautiful. It is still beautiful, but the Central Australian desert is stunning, I had no idea it was this beautiful. The flowers and the colours but most of all the birds, the birds are so colourful, and the sounds are !! unbelievable. It all fits together so beautifully, the land, and the colours of the flowers and the colours of the birds and their calls. The birds have really impressed me, They are probably the most memorable part of a very impressive, very memorable holiday.” Noel & Toni NZ