Alice to Edith Falls - Part 1

We took 11 days to travel from Alice Springs to Edith Falls (just north of Katherine NT) and stayed in four camps:

-          Devils Marbles – 1 night

-          Banka Banka Station – 2 nights

-          Longreach Water Hole – 4 nights

-          Bitter Springs – Mataranka – 3 nights

So I have decided to do four short instalments for our Alice to Edith Falls trip. This instalment is Devils Marbles.

A full camping area

Devils Marbles is a NT State Park which covers the very small area of outstanding and unique rock formations.  It’s about 120 km south of Tenant Creek and all travellers only stop for one night to witness the stunning sunset and sunrise colours of the Marbles. Very busy place and all allocated spots are taken early in the day.

Sunset on the Marbles

This is the second time we have stayed here and won’t be the last as this is a special place. 

took me 5 tries to get this photo right!

Standing there in the early morning light it is easy to understand why the Aboriginal people believe that this was a place inhabited by spirits.

Sunrise - wow!

Post card stuff!

On the subject of spirits – poor old Reverend John Flynn (founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service) is buried outside of Alice Springs. His tomb originally had a nice round stone from Devils Marbles placed n top but the “locals” complained and had it returned to Devils Marbles. 

Memorial to Rev Flynn at Three Ways

So poor old Reverend Flynn lost his marble and got a flat stone from the McDonnell Ranges instead!