Larapinta Trail - Updates
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Updates for 2008 Larapinta Trail guide book by John Chapman and Monica
Chapman.
P 30 Under either Personal or
Group Equipment should have included Sunscreen - we carry and use it
and forgot to put it in the list.
P 38 1:50,000 NATMAP
topographic maps now exist from Alice Springs to Ellery Creek, they are
Alice Springs, Simpsons Gap, Brinkley, Ellery and Chewings.
P 39 Food Drops - As described
on page 43, the long awaited lockable food storage facilites are now a
reality. A $50 deposit applies to a key from the Tourism office in
Gregory Terrace, Alice Springs. This provides access to locked room at
Ellery Creek (in the toilet block), Serpentine Gorge (the old shed is
now locked) and also the storage room at Ormiston Gorge is now locked.
Private arrangements must still be made with the kiosk at Standley
Chasm if a drop is to be left there.
P 44 In box, total climbing
should be 280m
Jay Creek (page 66 and 73) -
day 4/5
junction. A toilet plus a shelter hut with water tank, gas cooker and a
sleeping platform has been constructed.
P 130 In box, total climbing
should be 330m, total descent should be 540m
Ormiston Gorge (page 135 and
141) - kiosk is
currently closed.
Glen Helen Junction (page 140
and 149 - parks call this Finke River Trailhead) - day
17/18 junction. On east side of junction, a toilet plus a shelter hut
with water tank, gas
cooker and a sleeping platform has been constructed.
Snail Mail Address
John Chapman, PO Box 5042, Laburnum, 3130, Australia
Photographs and text are copyright 2008-10 John
Chapman
Last updated : August 15th 2010