Katrina O’Brien is the author of Australia’s bestselling walking guide, Sydney’s Best Harbour & Coastal Walks. She first fell in love with the Red Centre while travelling and writing her way around Australia for two years as the co-author of the travel guides Footprint Australia Handbook and Footprint West Coast Handbook. When not researching and writing walking and travel guides Katrina is a book editor and publishing consultant and has previously worked as Managing Editor for Murdoch Books, Penguin Random House and Australian Geographic.
Description
This souvenir books vibrant photography is accompanied by a concise but fascinating commentary, an indispensable reminder for both international and Australian visitors to this very special place. Armchair travellers and children will pick it up time and again to whet their appetites and perhaps to plan their own visits. Includes sections on geography, wildlife and culture, Alice Springs, the MacDonnell ranges, the Devil’s Marbles, Hermannsberg and Palm Valley, the Red Centre Way, Watarrka (King’s Canyon), Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta, and Rainbow Valley.
Introduction
Geography and Geology
Climate
People
Outback life
Animals and Birds
Plants and Flowers
Alice Springs
East MacDonnell Ranges
The Devils Marbles
West MacDonnell Ranges
The Larapinta Trail
Ormiston Gorge
Finke River
Red Centre Way
Tnorola/Gosse Bluff Conservation Reserve
Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon)
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Rainbow Valley and Chambers Pillar