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Feral buffalos of Kakadu National Park.
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  • By K.Knight on January 29, 2005
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  • Pesky buffalos! - Northern Territory
    Pesky buffalos!
    by K.Knight
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    The feral buffalo has been a major environmental disaster in the wetlands of the Top End. When the population was at it highest, from the 1960s to the 1980s, the feral buffalo grossly altered the character of the northern floodplains. With its wallows, trails, dung, trampling and disturbance, it caused soil erosion, channelling of floodwaters, increased intrusion of saltwater into freshwater habitats and destruction of wetland vegetation. These effects were worse during dry periods when animals concentrated at receding water.
    Feral buffalos eat large volumes of grasses and other plants, removing this food source for native wildlife, and they can damage the trees they regularly rub against. Their trampling and soil disturbance also promotes the spread of weeds across the landscape.
    Feral buffalos were all but eliminated from Kakadu National Park and the northern wetlands in a massive shooting program that was part of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign. Beginning in 1979 and lasting until 1997, feral buffalos were shot from helicopters. The difficult terrain made full eradication impossible, but only small, isolated populations remain in the wild.

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    Just get out there and experience the "Red Centre"
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  • By K.Knight on January 29, 2005
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  • Road to somewhere. - Northern Territory
    Road to somewhere.
    by K.Knight
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    While ‘discover’ is a word bandied about freely in guidebooks, this truly is another place of discovery within Australia, and not just the natural beauty. If you take the time, you may just discover a bit about yourself as well, and how you fit into the scheme of things. Take the time out to explore a little and you will be surprised at wjat lines around the next corner!

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    The View from the Top
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  • By windsorgirl on January 1, 2004
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  • From the top of Ayers Rock - Northern Territory
    From the top of Ayers Rock
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    If you are dying to know what you may be missing by not climbing Ayers Rock, I am posting a photo that I took in 1990. The top surface is not flat, as you might expect, but has an undulating, wavy landscape as you can see. Off to the far left of the photo you can see The Olgas in the distance.

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    Palm Valley
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  • By windsorgirl on September 10, 2003
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  • Palm Valley - Northern Territory
    Palm Valley
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    Most people don't venture to Palm Valley, I hadn't even heard of it on my first visit to Australia in 1990 until a friend told me about it years later. This time I joined a 5 day camping trip that included Palm Valley and it was just as my friend described. It is a beautiful oasis of water pools and palm trees in a setting of red rock.

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    Finke Gorge National Park
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  • Updated By windsorgirl on July 28, 2004
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  • Finke Gorge National Park - Northern Territory
    Finke Gorge National Park
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    This National Park is located 138 kms west of Alice Springs and is accessed by an unsealed road.

    Most people come to see Palm Valley but there is also a campground here and nearby, the Kalaranga Lookout Walk, which affords panoramic views of the rocky landscape, as seen in the photo.

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    Alice Springs Telegraph Station
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  • Updated By windsorgirl on July 28, 2004
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  • rock wallaby, Alice Springs - Northern Territory
    rock wallaby, Alice Springs
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    My favourite time spent in Alice Springs was on a visit to the Telegraph Station. I rented a bike from the hostel, rode a very scenic 4km path along the west bank of the Todd River to get there and then parked the bike for a picnic lunch and some easy walks around the Telegraph Station.

    You will spot many rock wallabies along the Todd River path in the morning.

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    Try the walk around Ayers Rock instead of UP it!
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  • Updated By windsorgirl on January 1, 2004
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  • Ayers Rock - Northern Territory
    Ayers Rock
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    Although I did climb "the rock" on my last visit in 1990, this time I decided to try the 9km hike around the circumference of Ayers Rock. And I really enjoyed it. Uluru appears to be a giant orange waterfall dwarfing the full size trees at its base, not to mention us hikers.

    And I guarantee you won't have to wait your turn behind busloads of other tourists.

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    Hot Air Ballooning over the MacDonnell Ranges
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  • By windsorgirl on January 6, 2004
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  • sunrise over the MacDonnell Ranges - Northern Territory
    sunrise over the MacDonnell
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    I'd say you'd be off the beaten path once you take to the air, so I think this tip belongs here.

    If you have the opportunity to take a hot air balloon ride, you should, at least once in your life. We flew with Outback Ballooning and it was a wonderful experience, despite the fact that we had to wake up at 4am.

    Your adventure will begin before sunrise while the air is at its calmest. You will have a wonderful view as the sun rises and a sumptuous champagne breakfast afterward.

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    Ormiston Gorge
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  • Updated By windsorgirl on July 28, 2004
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  • Ormiston Gorge - Northern Territory
    Ormiston Gorge
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    Ormiston Gorge is another great spot for hiking in the West MacDonnell National Park. There is also a permanent 14m deep waterhole for swimming and some basic camping facilities.

    Ormiston Gorge is located 60kms west of Alice Springs.

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    John Flynn Memorial
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  • Updated By rozehill on February 21, 2003
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  • In memory of John Flynn - Northern Territory
    In memory of John Flynn
    by rozehill
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    The John Flynn Memorial is located at the junction of the Stuart and Barkly Highways, near Tennant Creek. A remarkable man whose mame lives on in the Territory is the late Rev. John Flynn..."Flynn of Inland"...a Prebyterian missionary who travelled the centre country for 40 years and who founded the Bush Hospitals, the Pedal Wireless Network and the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia.

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