Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University

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This cave is the pouch of the female hare-wallaby. It is very important spiritually. Do not enter or photograph it. The Mala (hare wallabies) are one group of their ancestral beings, and ceremonies here recall the activities of the hare wallabies. Kohen, James, Aboriginal Environmental Impacts. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 1995. ISBN 0 86840 301 6. Kohen is a biologist at Macquarrie University, Sydney. Isaacs, Jennifer, Australian Dreaming: 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History. Sydney: Lansdown Publishing Co., 1992, 1996. ISBN 0 7254 0884 7. With a history of creation, including Uluru. A few drops of rain fell halfway between Uluru and Kata Tjuta. The ranger said they had had a little rain this morning. Return to hotel. Anangu dancers seen briefly, overlooking into a hotel courtyard. August 16, Friday Up early and out. Drive around Uluru and walked the Mala Walk. Cloudy day, not much moving around. Returned, picked up Jane, and left to drive to Alice Springs. Mt. Conner seen. Sometimes reasonably good vegetation, but sometimes red dirt with almost no vegetation - was this on cattle grazed areas? Reached Erldunda, at the junction of the Stuart Highway, which runs south to Adelaide. Emus in fenced compound there. Yellow throated miner - at lunch, seen very close. Cold at lunch. Reasonably good rain showers. Wedge-tailed eagle. Two nicely seen. Later, landscape got greener. More trees. Some Eucalyptus around Palmer River, a dry, wide water course. Crossed Finke River, quite dry. These are just watercourses that flow when it rains. Rain increasing some. Reached Alice Springs. I had arranged a nocturnal walk, but it was cancelled due to weather. Visited John Flynn's grave, founder of the Flying Doctors. Drove west to West MacDonnell National Park, and looked for black-footed rock wallabies at Simpson's Gap, but not seen. Too rainy. There is about 10" of rainfall per year here. Only 4" in the Simpson Desert to the east. There are cycads here, the only one in Australia, not seen now, but seen the next day, see below.
Took a brief walk at the Park entrance, with a 200 year old ghost gum (with quite white bark). Some rain continues. This messes up some plans, but at least we see rain in the desert. The railroad here was called the Ghan, after Afghan, the camel drivers who preceded the railroad. It was quite an adventure to ride it. Returned to the motel, a rather poor motel. August 17, Saturday. Off at 5.00 a.m. in soppy weather, but by 7.00 a.m. at Erldunda, sunrise and not a cloud in the sky. Road trains - tractor trailer rigs, 50 meters long, with three trailers. To the Luritja Road, and north toward King's Canyon. Drove under a cloud into an overcast again. Later, brighter. Passed by King's Canyon Campground, with camels, helicopters, and fenced kangaroos. Entered Watarrka National Park and to King's Canyon. Stopped at store and Jane locked the key in (!), but luckily did not close the door tightly, and I was able to push in hard and pop up the latch. Took a walk into the canyon with Jane and then she returned to the car, while I did a 6 km loop alone on the rim. These are the George Gill ranges. Wedge-tailed eagle seen. Saw both in the gorge and on the loop trail a number of cycads. Microzamia macdonnellia. Judd, Plant Systematics, p. 150. These are only in the MacDonald and Hartz Ranges. There were about 6 on the floor of the canyon, then 4-5 on the west side of the rim, then 15-20 in the Garden of Eden at the head of the canyon, then 3-4 on the east side on the return. Eyrean grasswren. Nice hike. Lost City. Rounded domes that look somewhat like buildings or bee hives. The aboriginals called them the "native cats." Drove back to Yulara. Quite lovely clouds, and some nice desert oaks. The Casuarinas were really notable, with a weeping effect, especially with the clouds behind them. Three feral camels seen some while before the Ernst Giles road joins the Luritja Road. Feral horses, donkeys, and camels are all a problem. There are 12,000 donkeys, 30,000 camels, and 75,000 horses feral in Australia. Feral goats are the most widespread, arriving with the First Fleet and spreading ever since. There are 350,000 of them, everywhere but in the rainforest and in the deserts. Reached the campground "cabin" about 5.00 p.m. This was 790 km of driving today, and then into Ayers Rock after that, which means over 800 km of driving (500 miles), most of it at 120 km/h = 75 mph. I drove 1600 km (= 1,000 miles) in three days. A disappointing sunset lighting at Uluru. Parentia, a large lizard here, can reach 8 feet long. Aboriginal fires here had been stopped, and in 1976, a lightning started fire burned 75% of the vegetation in the Park. Now there are fires set to reduce the fuel load.
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Trail Log 1995-1997 Holmes Rolston,
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1995 January 4, 1995. Wednesday. Ad
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"Winnow" - the root is wind, vent,
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Worker's Directory. He gave me a co
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7 year. Leaving the hospital comple
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9 Bougainvillaea. Many kinds, all w
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11 Gerenuk - a very long necked ant
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13 I took a bird walk on my own, as
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15 francolins egret, unidentified e
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17 2 males, old males 3 females, wi
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19 somewhat better on the return tr
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21 mahogany trees wild fig trees ga
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Continuing, we crossed a long, flat
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25 50 zebras 1,000 zebras on one si
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27 impala giraffe and baby zebras c
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29 Robin chat stone chat northern d
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31 We drove back around in the lake
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33 small park. Jane Goodall's resea
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35 July 6. Thursday, continued. Met
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37 July 10. Monday. Drove to Kruger
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39 The guides go first, Jan up fron
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43 Lions roaring as we got up in th
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45 little egret giant kingfisher pi
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47 At Skukuza, I separated from Joh
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stand your ground. Be bold and nois
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51 Red-billed woodhoopoe, with call
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53 we found a rhino horn (pix), whi
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55 giant kingfisher darter (anhinga
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57 distance away to the four winds.
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59 We were visited that evening by
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61 the township with an enrollment
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Page 101 and 102: Australia July 1 - August 19, 1996
Page 103 and 104: July 10, Wednesday. Drove to Laming
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Page 120 and 121: it later deteriorated. Wombat kille
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Page 136 and 137: Trail Log 1997 February 22, 1997, S
Page 138 and 139: much better in the lower, protected
Page 140 and 141: To Tower Junction, then to Tower, l
Page 142 and 143: Back to the ranch. The coyote was a
Page 144 and 145: crows are unusual inside Yellowston
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Events in Ft. Collins area: July 28
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Camped at Sarto Creek, in flats nea
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Shuttle back to Missoula, arriving
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Polygonum viviparum, Alpine Bistort
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