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in Travels - Simpson Desert - Nov- 2010

Simpson Desert after Rain

The Simpson desert after rain – amazing!! We have just returned from the GREEN CENTRE. It was a privilege and such a humbling experience to journey through this beautiful landscape after so much nourishing rain.

Wherever we camp we are conscious of our impact and remove all our waste with us. We carry and not burn our rubbish; we have our own toilet so our waste is not left; and I am a strong advocate to women to take with them in a zip lock bag their used toilet paper from roadside wees, instead of leaving it disrespectfully to litter the environment.

COME TRAVEL WITH ME BY LOOKING THROUGH MY GALLERIES! – by clicking on the numbered links below.

Rather than the ‘Best Of’ tour that we have become accustomed in our fast paced ‘grab quick’ lives, I have offered extensive galleries for those who wish to really get an idea of the 10,000 km which we travelled. This is the closest many will get to travelling in this beautiful landscape, which is why I have included so many photos and an extensive gallery. I think of these galleries as like a good book – you can either dive into them and just keep going, or you can come back to them when you make the time….then when you are finished you have an enriched experience which has moved or touched something in your psyche. I hope these galleries which I share do that.

All the galleries and photos are in chronological order – as I saw and snapped, mostly whilst driving!

Horizons may not be horizontal….. some may not be in focus…….. compositions may not be quite right …….. but for these photographs none of these things matter for me. Although some of these photographs are quite beautiful, my purpose is to have a visual diary to record and share this truly special and spectacular part of this country – when it has not before been seen like this in living memory.

I hope you enjoy coming on this wonderful journey with me. Click on the headings to view the galleries.


1. Wamuran to Birdsville


2. Birdsville to Alice Springs

3. Alice Springs to Kulgera

4. Kulgera to Mt Dare

5. Mt Dare into the Simpson desert – it is usually just rocks and sand

6. the desert garden was breathtaking

7. the flowers bloom and the clouds build

8. the road narrows and the claypans begin

9. the dunes get higher and the claypans wider

10. closer to birdsville there is more sand and more water

11. last bit across the desert toward birdsville

12. Birdsville,Boulia toward Mt Isa

13. toward Mt Isa – storms and pelting rain

14. Around Alice Springs – heat, flowers and storms building

15. alice sptings to rainbow valley – wet roads, flowers and amazing rocks

16. rainbow valley to north of kulgera – storms and rain keep coming

17. north of kulgera to near apatula – finke; clouds, puddles and blooms

18. north of apatula – finke to north of mt dare; blie skies at last

19. nearly back to mt dare

20. Mt Dare to Hamilton into the Perdika desert

21. Hamilton to Oodnadatta – green covered gibber plains

22. Oodnadatta into the painted desert – magnificent sandstone formations

23. Painted Desert toward Coober Pedy – expansiveness of the gibber plains

24. nearly at coober pedy – fields of shiny gypsum on rolling gibber plains

25. coober pedy to william creek – the expanse never seems to end

26. william creek to Wabma Kadarbu Conservation Park – abundance of life and saltpans again

27. Wabma Kadarbu Conservation Park – natural springs

28. Wabma Kadarbu to Arkaroola – plains rise to ranges

29. Arkaroola to Mt Hopeless – still water around

30. merty merty to cameron corner – running the gauntlet with the rain

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I am a Journeywoman. I live my life as an explorer. An adventurer. An Observer. An Artist. There is no differentiation between how I live my life and the art that is an expression of it. It is through my experience adventuring the unknown, that I learn more about myself. My aim through this connection is to live where my expression is fully in alignment with the essence of who I am. “In the field of Fine-Art Photography, Julie stands apart from others with the way she sees the world and expresses her connection within it. Julie Stephenson’s photographs are sublime. Her work is an expression of her deep connection; and a gift to the world.”

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skeinydipping

I looked down and saw my hands. Hands which have t I looked down and saw my hands. Hands which have touched; have loved; have created; have worked; have nurtured. My hands.   

I looked down and saw on my wrist and fingers items from around the world which have so many stories; items which have all been created from the heart and made by the hands of others. 

I looked down and saw beautiful yarn. Yarn which has been handled carefully through shearing, dyeing, skeining, balling; and now being knit in my beautiful hands. 

My hands are one of my gifts. This year I’ve really missed the touch of another with my hands, to feel the heart of another through my fingertips; but so grateful and love my hands which touch and feel; work and play!

What do you see when you look at your hands?

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Knitting a fabulous  #slipstravaganzamkal by @westknits .
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My life is wonderful… and I have so many stories My life is wonderful… and I have so many stories. I’ve had adventures on all continents. Slept being rocked by the sea; felt the ice on my skin in both polar regions, and felt the silence of the deserts. I’ve walked stone steps in monasteries at altitudes where each step I’ve taken consciously and mindfully; focussing on treasuring every molecule of oxygen in the rarefied atmosphere. 

COVID has paused those adventures, but I draw upon my experiences as I navigate adventuring my days in a different way, on our ‘home range’. 

I recall my steps in Tibet as I walk through our bushland. I am mindful and conscious of my surroundings. I listen. I feel. I feel happy here. I am content.

My new stories may not hold the same experiences of connection with others; and may not be of extreme challenges or crazy things  (which I am rather prone to doing! 🙂 ) but they are not less wondrous… as I smell the warm eucalyptus waft from under my feet. 

I weave my stories, and this story is of my personal journey on my daily walk through our bushland. 
You can see some of my other woven stories on my website - link in profile. 

How do you express your life’s stories?
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“....The Assookinakii cowl was created for those “....The Assookinakii cowl was created for those times in your life when you need a meditative and healing knit. Assookinakii (ass-s-oo-kin-uh-k-EE) means ‘healer’ in the Blackfeet language, thank you to Cut Woods School in Browning, MT for the tradish language support”. –  Candice from @thefarmersdaughterfibers 

Knitting this beautiful cowl by Candice from @thefarmersdaughterfibers for @sistersunitedmt ; WAS healing. 

As my hands gently formed the repetitive stitches I reflected on the word ‘Assookinakii ‘ - healer. I am a healer. I don’t understand it. It’s something unseen. Something within me which has been recognised by Ngangkari and ‘clever men’ here in Australia; and shaman and healers around the world as we travel. This recognition always has caught me by surprise; as I seem to walk a line between two worlds. 

As the stitches slipped from one needle to another and the beautiful colours of @spincycle_yarns revealed themselves; in the pauses between the stitches I heard a voice whispering to continue to seek connection with the natural world and listen deeply. 

What has been healing for you this year?
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