MP3 Audio Downloads
We have provided individual stories ready to download in MP3 format for you to take with you on your trip to The West Macs.
Travelling Audio
MP3 Audio Downloads
| Death at Redbank Gorge (Image copyright: Bradshaw) | REDBANK GORGE Clashes between the original inhabitants of the West Macs and the new settlers were sometimes fatal. |
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| Death on the Frontier (Image copyright: Kleinig) | SIMPSONS GAP An account of the conflict between the early European settlers and Traditional Owners. |
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| Dingoes at Night | ORMISTON GORGE Ranger Gareth Catt tells us you might hear the unforgettable howls of Dingoes as they call for partners in the nearby hills. |
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| Disappearing Marsupials | ALL LOCATIONS The Horn Expedition members collected marsupials that were about to disappear forever. |
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| Dusky Grasswren | ALL LOCATIONS Keep an eye out for the Dusky Grasswren hopping through the Spinifex. |
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| Dust and Drought (Image copyright: Sondra Young) | SIMPSONS GAP Sondra Young grew up near Simpsons Gap on a cattle station. She remembers the harsh drought of the 1950s. Photo courtesy Sondra Young |
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| Early days of fishing | OWEN SPRINGS When Jim Hayes was a boy he learned how to fish in the time-honoured Central Australian way. |
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| Early History (Image copyright: Sondra Young) | SIMPSONS GAP Since the times before European settlement, Simpsons Gap has been recognised as a valuable source of permanent water. |
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| Early Tours (Image copyright: Trudy Hayes) | SIMPSONS GAP The fledgling tourism industry of the 1950s was certainly an experience but was not exactly sophisticated. |
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| Echidnas | ALL LOCATIONS The local Echidnas are hard to find! |
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