11th June 2012
Wallace Rockhole is 120 km west of Alice Springs. Map from http://www.wallacerockholetours.com.au/map.htm
When the Hermannsburg Mission cattle station was handed back to the Aranda people in 1983, it was divided into five blocks of which Wallace Rockhole is one. Wallace Rockhole is an Aboriginal community of approximately 100 residents, who are striving to develop a tourist industry. This includes tours of the local Aboriginal art sites and the cattle station, education on bush food and medicine, and Aboriginal art workshops.
We arrived at the Wallace Rockhole campsite as the sun was going down. These tents were more like conventional tents than the ones we’d used before – right on the ground, and with zips instead of hinged doors, so the friendly sound of zip-zip, zip-zip could be heard all around the campsite. But the tents still had electricity – what a luxury!
The setting sun shone brilliantly on the nearby hill behind our campsite.
The campsite was surrounded by some striking native trees and shrubs:
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