Painted Desert SA

Hi Wicket & thanks for the reply. Visited CP twice in the past. 1st time I didn't know about the Breakaways & the 2nd time in 2006 it was that damn cold and miserable that I couldn't be bothered. I know my loss and hindsight is fantastic.

Might also be worth investigating views from the air, I think you can do a fly over from William Creek with Wrights Air

Have to see how we are pressed for time for that one, but well worth considering.

Wicket,

To the best of my knowledge the "Painted Desert", accessible by road, is different from the "Painted Hills" that Wrightsair fly over, although they may be both of a similar geological makeup.

Thanks Kevin looks like 2 votes so far for heading in via the northern route. All the photos I've seen definitely suggest a trip well taking.

When we were up there the road from Cadney Park wasn't bad, and could be still travelled at a reasonable speed. The scenery is awesome, and well worth allowing the time to stop and take in.
Just don't take your 19' van out for the first time and complain that this is the worst road in Australia, whilst wearing all your jewellery, makeup, etc, and complain that nothing is still in place inside the van... There are some people out there that don't quite or understand what the area is like as well as others!

Setsujoku not much chance of that as 2 of us are in Troopies and the other a Yota Ute, roof top tent, swag & Oz Tent RV3. And coming off the Anne Beadell I think anything after that will be a dream.

Thanks Austadv had looked at that option as well. Appreciate what you say about the distance to the views from Arckaringa Stn.

Cheers

Dunc.

Thanks Mfewster timing is all important and a lot will depend on just when we arrive and leave CP.

Cheers

D

Follow the light. We stayed at Arkaringa for two nights, gave us a sunset and a sunrise.

Image 1 is sunrise and in my view really highlights the "badlands"

Image 2 is am, but it was too late in the day for the best colours.

Both images won't look very attractive via this site as most peole will not be using clour corrected monitors, but at least will give some idea of the views and the potential for photography.





Cheers & Regards
Paul T

Paul very nice photo's indeed. My monitor hasn't been calibrated (too slack) but I get a very good image quality. Like the foreground sharpening in the 1st photo.

Beautiful shots Paul T. I am addicted to very Wise angle shots with close foreground for landscapes.
Here are a couple of mine of the Painted Desert. Notsure whether or not these will display correctly or at proper size as I haven't posted shots here before. Apologies if they don't come out correctly.

Hmm, there should have been three shots and it should have read wide angle, not, wise angle. let's try again

http://mfewster.smugmug.com/Travel/Simpson-Desert-and/i-ztDdPtd/0/M/Painted%2520Desert%2520Sunrise-M.jpg

Damn, I have stuffed that up, is there a way to take my posts off and edit them? I was trying to share the shots straight from a gallery and Itthink it would have been better just to have embedded them.

Hi Mike

Nice image. Can't help you with how to remove and edit your posts.

Hope to get back to the Painted Desert for 3 - 4 days in the near future so I can have the time to scout the place out for good photography locations.

Really tempted to pack a back pack for an overnighter or two plus my photography gear and go for a walk about in the area. Would need a lot of planning though, as I don't want to become a statistic yet.

Cheers

Paul T

Hi Duncan

Thanks for the remarks, did a little blurring and sharpening on the foreground.

Enjoy your trip and keep safe.

Cheers

Paul T

Hi Duncan

Sorry re the number of posts. meant to comment re the Anne Beadell and photography.

If you haven't been across the AB before the photo opportunities will drive you nuts, there are so many.

Unfortunately when we did it in 2011 I was with a group who aren't into photography other than snap shots (which is fine) and couldn't take the time to hang around and wait for the right light to get what I wanted.

Hope to retire this year and pending on the rains in the AB will go back and take 3 or so weeks to do the crossing as a photographic trip.

Wild flowers with the landscape and desert colours are absolutely brilliant.

Cheers (again)

Paul T

Thanks Paul. I will revisit this sometime in the next day and try to publish shots that aren't too big and that actually show. I'll try not to get a lot of meaningless failed posts cluttering this thread up.
Walking in the area would be good. You would probably need permission from the station owners as well.[img][url=http://mfewster.smugmug.com/Travel/Simpson-Desert-and/6223238_7MB9dm#!i=392717187&k=ztDdPtd&lb=1&s=A]

Sorry everyone, I finally worked it out. If you look real hard at the top left on the top of the hill you can see a mate of mine plus tripod. A fellow photography nut.

http://mfewster.smugmug.com/Travel/Simpson-Desert-and/i-3LLwM4K/0/M/Painted%2520Desert%2520Sunrise-M.jpg

And for some reason the previous post didn't show the image????

Mike enjoyed your photo website, some very nice photos. The long range one you captured of the vehicle hitting the top of the dune and all the sand flying was a lucky shot I'd wager?

Paul, I'm the photography nut amongst us all. My mate who I travel with never takes a photo and has no idea how to even use my point and shoot camera let alone my large DSLR with all the different lenses and features. And the others will stop and take happy snaps when the opportunity arises. I can see I'll be taking a lot through the car window.

Cheers

Dunc.

Not quite as dramatic as the others Wicket but still an interesting landscape feature begging to be photographed.

Cheers

Dunc.