Noelle and a 1,500 year old Cycad. The world's oldest plant, it grows only 1 cm per year
500 million year old fossilized river bed
Having climbed out the other side of the canyon, Rob peers down at the oasis
Rob on the edge
King's Canyon vista
Oulook from the rim of King's Canyon with Pete reciting "I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains ..." by Nevil Shute
Rainbow Valley
Pete shows us how to track animals in the wild at Rainbow Valley
Australian cockroach tracks
All the way from New York for this?
Dry lakebed in Rainbow Valley
Rehitching the trailer after off-roading it into Rainbow Valley
Laura's favorite Desert Oak tree, in sapling form
Pete and the boys at Bo Jangles in Alice Springs
Alice Springs School of the Air, radio broadcast (and now internet) education for outback
Phyical education and academics rolled into one
Early pedal radio
As a student in the 1950s, you would have had to run your own radio receiver
Rob's up for the challenge, although it is no ZigBee
School in the outback
Contemporary broadcast room for the School of the Air
Quilt squares made by current School of the Air students showing their regions and life
A homemade platypus tile made by a current School of the Air students
The Royal Flying Doctors serve a million square mile area
Dispatch center for the Royal Flying Doctors
Noelle catches a rare quiet moment to write post cards at the Royal Flying Doctor's cafe
Laura to the rescue!
Oh. My. God.
Dave with his new baby
A kiss for Rob