Red Centre - Arltunga Historical Reserve hot spot
S02E01 Pat Callinan's 4X4 Adventures – Arltunga Historical Reserve NT
Arltunga Historical Reserve, Northern Territory, Sept 2015
Arltunga Historic Gold Mining Region
Rugged gravel roads lead to a 19th century gold mining region. In central Australia, east of Alice Springs on the edge of the Simpson Desert.
Arltunga 12-12-12
I originally made this AV for the One-Day-on-Earth 12-12-12 global collaboration.
I have since revised it considerably. It was very hot at Arltunga on 12-12-12 ... too hot to hike or climb to any of the mine workings in the ranges. But that is what was on 12-12-12. So its a one hot day snapshot. I'll have to go back in winter next time to get a better view of the miners' perspectives.
The PTE discovery was opacity. Some new techniques I hadn't known about before (thank you Barry Beckham DVD tutes, beckhamdigital.co.uk). I also used a few masks and one (not very successful) third image.
Music: Far from Home provided by freeplaymusic.com Thank you for the lovely tune Free Play Music ... very suitable for this project. Love it.
Didn't do a narration ... phew! ... not my usual subject matter either!
The Ranger said it was too hot for anything but a Perentie, but I didn't see one of those either ... so it was toooooo hot even for a Perentie!
Arltunga goldfields 15.10.12
Our Australian Adventure - Palm Valley and Arltunga
Our Australian Adventure picks up Emily and goes on to explore Palm Valley and Arltunga around Alice Springs.
Arltunga Ruins
Arltunga NT Early 1800's Miners huts ruins and Police Station Ruins
The Binns Track_4x4 videos of Australia
4x4videosofaustralia.com.
The Binns Track is an amalgam of roads and tracks linking Mt Dare, on the edge of the Simpson Desert, with Timber Creek in the Northern Territory's Top End. The Binns Track includes Gregory National Park, the Devils Marbles, Tennant Creek, the Davenport Ranges, Arltunga Historic Goldfields, Alice Springs and Old Andado homestead. The Binns Track covers nearly 2,200 kms along some of the Northern Territory's best 4 wheel drive tracks. Lifestyle Video Productions. lifestylevideos.com.au
115. Hermannsburg Historic Precinct Campground, NT
Our first 2 nights in West MacDonnell Ranges ( I begin the video saying the East MacDonnell Ranges however clearly my sense of direction at that point was astray) were here at Hermannsburg, approx 90 mins drive west from Alice springs. The first Aboriginal Missionary it was built in 1887. It now offers a great campsite to stay and go explore Palm Valley in the Fink Gorge National Park.
During our stay here we learnt the history of this former Lutheran Mission, enjoyed their famous Apple Strudel and ice cream and saw wild Brumby's as they galloped and ate right behind us.
There are toilets, hot showers and water.
There is free wifi at the reception area. I had Telstra coverage however no Vodafone or Optus.
The campground is pet friendly.
Cost is $10 per vehicle for night.
Our stay was 19th and 20th May 2017.
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Tennant Creek - Arltunga - Ep.22
After Daly Waters we arrived in Tennant Creek! We stayed at a local caravan park in town, where we enjoyed the pool and topped up with groceries. Tennant Creek was once the third biggest producer of gold in Australia! There are still spots around where you can try your luck to find some gold - so Kurt was keen to have a detect!
On our first day bush camping, Kurt found GOLD! Yippee! ???? (see photo) It was only a very small piece but gold none the less! The pure excitement on his face was priceless! We were the only ones set up at our camp for kilometers, so it made for a peaceful spot. We did however meet another avid gold prospector whilst camped. Steve was driving through and stopped for a good 3 hour chat. He told us his gold stories, travel tales and gave Kurt heaps of great tips in regards to prospecting. We stayed a further 2 days detecting, but nothing else was found and it was quite hot! 38 degree temperatures aren't that fun to detect in. ????
Next stop was the Devils Marble's. Now they actually allow people with dogs to park in the Day use area which was a pleasant change! ????????????Although we decided it was too hot to do the walks when we arrived, so we opted to go down the road to the Devils Marbles Pub to set up camp and come back later in the afternoon to checkout the Marble's. Rusty chilled in the comfort of our air-conditioned caravan ❄️whilst we returned to explore the Devils Marble's.
There was alot of bushfires around the area, which provided some unique photo opportunities. We walked around took in the beauty of the Marbles. Its quite amazing to see the rock formations and how they are all balancing ontop of one another. We watched the sunset from the lookout point, then headed back to watch the NRL semifinals at the pub. ????
We hit the road the next day and stopped into the UFO centre for a look. It's was fun to look around the roadhouse and see the reported sightings etc ????. We slowly trekked down the highway and pulled up camp for the night at Aileron Roadhouse. The small township is home to a large aboriginal sculpture atop of the hill (you can't miss it if driving past on the highway). They also have a large sculpture of an aboriginal mother and daughter outside the local art gallery. ????
It proved to be a nice overnight spot. Reasonably priced, we had a nice green grassy site which was heaven under our feet. The roadhouse had a full bar and swimming pool. Washing machines were free to use. In the morning we climbed atop of the Aileron hill for a closer look at the sculpture and view of the surroundings.
The next day we had our sights set on another fossicking area outside of gemtree. We spent 2 days there, searching for zircon's - originally having no idea what we were looking for, after one day another keen fossicker arrived and kindly showed us what we were looking for. We were close ????. It was tough labour, but we left with a good handful of zircons.
We headed up the road and did some more fossicking at a different part and found some red garnets! ❤️ Some more gems which we were stoked about! Headed east and eventually made it to Arltunga! A town which is rich in mining history and played a pivotal part in the development of central Australia! We also happen to arrive on the hottest September day on record at 38 degrees ????!
Arltunga is a definite must, it has heaps of old mines to explore, old buildings from the original township, including the police station and a single jail cell. We also used this as a base to go for a day trip and explore Ruby Gap Gorge! The most remote gorge we have ever been to, but oh so worth it! The 2 hour drive out is spectacular and the gorge itself is stunning! You definitely need a 4WD with high clearance to access it, as there are some tricky parts.
Overall still loving NT and all the cool spots we are discovering along our journey. ????????
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Arltunga Bush Pub.mpg
Arltunga is a place in outback central Australia that was the subject of a gold rush in the 1800's. Today there is one large commercial goldmine operating, White Rages. Within walking distance from this hotel are old government working and gold mining equipment from the 1800's. There are two areas set aside for casual gold fossickers,
Red Centre - Old Ambalindum Hot Spot
S02E01 Pat Callinan's 4X4 Adventures – Old Ambalindum NT
Ruby Gap Gorge - Ep.23
We headed up the road and did some more fossicking at a different part and found some red garnets! ❤️ Some more gems which we were stoked about! Headed east and eventually made it to Arltunga! A town which is rich in mining history and played a pivotal part in the development of central Australia! We also happen to arrive on the hottest September day on record at 38 degrees ????!
Arltunga is a definite must, it has heaps of old mines to explore, old buildings from the original township, including the police station and a single jail cell. We also used this as a base to go for a day trip and explore Ruby Gap Gorge! The most remote gorge we have ever been to, but oh so worth it! The 2 hour drive out is spectacular and the gorge itself is stunning! You definitely need a 4WD with high clearance to access it, as there are some tricky parts.
Overall still loving NT and all the cool spots we are discovering along our journey. ????????
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Ross River Homestead East McDonalds Rangers NT Australia
Red Centre - Boggy Hole waterhole hot spot
S02E01 Pat Callinan's 4X4 Adventures – Boggy Hole waterhole NT
Red Centre - Camper Winching Recovery
S02E01 Pat Callinan's 4X4 Adventures – Camper Winching
RC07 Arltunga & Ross River
This video is about a visit to the Arltunga Historic Area which is a preserved historic gold mining area east of Alice Springs, in the East MacDonnell Ranges. It is about 110 m from Alice and 40 km from Ross River Resort, heading north on Binns Track. It can also be reached from a road that leaves the Stuart Highway just north of Alice so you can do a loop drive.
There is a visitor centre with displays and facilities and areas where you can see original buildings that have been standing for over 100 years and some of the equipment used in mining. There is a hotel, currently closed, and a camping ground with basic facilities. Well worth the drive.
Binn's Track - South Section - Allan Whiting - February 2014
The Binn's Track is a 4WD alternative to the Stuart Highway between Mount Dare in SA and Timber Creek in the NT. outbacktravelaustralia.com.au took three D-Maxs up the track.