4WD Trips in Central Australia. This is a composite narrative of our several visits to Central Australia. This area is special, the aura around Uluru has to be experienced, one cannot describe it. I will just touch on this part of Central Australia and concentrate on places we have enjoyed around Alice Springs. A white-fella has no right to describe them.
European history is more recent.
John McDouall Stuart in 1860 was the first white man to pass this way. As a result of his endeavours, a telegraph line was erected between Adelaide and Darwin. This telegraph line and its wireless stations linked Australia and Asia. Explorers attempting to cross Australia between East and West knew, when they reached the line that settlements were not far away. Ernest Giles between 1872 and 1876 made several attempts to cross Australia from East to West.