“WALK gently on our land, look after it and it will look after you. Our ancestors are watching over you out there, they really are. We, the traditional owners, really are inspired by the walkers, this incredible personal journey that you’re on.” – Nova Pomare, one of the traditional custodians and current manager of Angkerle Atwatye (Standley Chasm.)
“Everything is super green at the moment, the waterholes are so full! We reckon it’s going to be a pretty nice dry season, there’s an unbelievable number of wildflowers and birds all around.” – Kathy Moylan, Red Kangaroo Bookshop, Alice Springs.
For the Western Arrernte people, the country of ‘Tjoritja’, where the Larapinta Trail snakes her way west from Alice Springs, is sacred. Their Dreamtime stories of ancestral beings moving through the landscape creating the ranges have strong links to the present-day people. We
