We decided to just "get out of town" one weekend and headed east.

32.66 Kb Mountains around Standley Chasm from Larapinta Road. October 1999	105.80 Kb Northern Territory. Oct 99	86.21 Kb Northern Territory. Oct 99
59.79 Kb Looking back toward Alice Springs. The mountains are behind me. That's the McDonnell ranges on the right.	48.02 Kb Northern Territory. Oct 99	135.79 Kb Trail to Standley Chasm.
135.03 Kb "Trail" to Standley Chasm. Not as hard as it looks...	132.61 Kb On the way to Standley Chasm	88.85 Kb Approach to Standley Chasm. The Chasm is just to the right of the people, but hard to see at this angle.
53.95 Kb Standley Chasm. I lucked out, and we arrived at the perfect time of day, with the sun shining directly down into the chasm.	72.44 Kb Standley Chasm, from the other side. It has a completely different look from this aspect.	74.36 Kb Past Standley Chasm. The going gets a bit rougher.
110.14 Kb The rocks above Standley Chasm. This is a very rugged area.	144.62 Kb Another view of the rocks in the area around Standley Chasm.	61.16 Kb Standley Chasm, from a nice resting spot - comfortable rock under a shady tree. Obviously a popular spot. If you look carefully, you can see a person at the other end of the gap.
54.19 Kb Long Nosed Dragon.	65.01 Kb Long Nosed Dragon. Note the length of the tail!	75.80 Kb Long Nosed Dragon