RED CENTRE WAY, NT TRAVEL
“Buckle up and hold on to your teeth,” says our guide. “This is where the real 4WD action starts.” He wasn't kidding. I'm smiling like a Cheshire cat but if I leave my mouth open for too long, I run the risk of biting off my tongue.
I thought we were already four-wheel driving … hugging narrow dirt roads and crossing over the Finke River, happily bumping along. But that was just the introduction to our Emu Run tour to Palm Valley.
I'm on a solo road trip in the heart of Australia — on the Red Centre Way from Alice Springs to Uluru, up to Kings Canyon, around the (4WD) Mereenie Loop to Glen Helen Gorge and along the West MacDonnell Ranges back to Alice.
But there's always a detour, right? And this day trip is worth the 136km diversion west of Alice Springs.
The real rocking and rolling starts when we enter Finke Gorge National Park and swap our path for the riverbed. It's slow going, negotiating rock pools still brimming thanks to recent
