Comments on: The Best Shots I Never Took … Ormiston Gorge, Central Australia

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:59:08 +0000

@Iris – Haha, I’m already laughing about it!!! But if the water had been any deeper, I’d probably have died of hypothermia!
@Andrew – Haha, croc proof, huh? I think that’s called ‘cast iron’!!!!
@NixBlog – Thank you!

By: NixBlog

NixBlog — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:30:59 +0000

Amazing colours!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:26:25 +0000

I rather like the suggestion of Red and Pilchard doing a dinghy thing in a river or gorge. A croc teeth puncture proof one of course.

By: Iris Flavia

Iris Flavia — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:14:03 +0000

What an adventure!!! I love those where at the actual moment it´s kinda bad but for years to come you can think of em and laugh :-)
And ohhhh... those colors, those landscapes, just plain beautiful!
So miss it.
Dang, we kinda rushed through there, it was full of water from our point.

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:54:14 +0000

@Journey Jottings – I can’t imagine doing the walk on a really hot day – although that’d make the creek crossing a cinch!! Being anywhere there is a bonus!!
@River – the only problem with your suggestion is carrying the inflatable for 7km before using it!! BUT … it would have made our ordeal SO much easier!!
@Ken G – There’s not much that makes me feel small – but this landscape was BIG!
@Greg – Braving the water really shows my cowardice – or perhaps laziness … the thought of backtracking 7 km was insupportable!!!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:26:46 +0000

Good work braving the water up there. That desert water is icy!!

Oh yeah, stunning landscape that if one was going to feel spiritual, then that's the place to be!

By: Ken.G

Ken.G — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:30:34 +0000

Huge, wonderful, monumental mountains and hillsides and so little human beings :))) I feel tired only looking on it – sooooo high!

By: River

River — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:10:06 +0000

Some of the pictures haven't loaded for me, I'll see those next time, but I like that one called Entering Ormiston Gorge with the lone white trunked gum.
Maybe you and Pilchard should think about packing a small inflatable dinghy?
I can't imagine wading through water that cold.

By: JourneyJottings

JourneyJottings — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:25:05 +0000

Fabulous to see what Ormiston Gorge looked like from the pound rim –
I saw the signs for the walk, but being there in November for us it was the end of a HOT day and we revelled in relaxing in the cooling waters and exploring the lower red rocky Gorge!
It was a real treat 🙂

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:09:11 +0000

@Saucy Kod – Hahaha, what a shame we were more interested in self-preservation than photographic record!! I love the rocks too – but do we live in a parallel universe?!?!
@diane b – Thank you! P is paranoid about appearing on my blog in a compromising photo! But he’s right to be – if I had one, I’d use it like a shot!
@Indrani – Thank you!
@Joan Elizabeth – Luckily P is very sure-footed. I’m not – but that’s a blessing in disguise because it means he has to carry everything!!!