Macdonnell Ranges

The ocher walls of the West MacDonnell Ranges crowd its southern fringe.

The Larapinta Trail is a 223km bushwalking track that runs west from Alice Springs to Mount Sonder along the West MacDonnell Ranges.

Without clearance, the only way to see Pine Gap is by air, or by climbing the craggy ridges of the MacDonnell Ranges that surround the site.

Born in 1902 in Hermannsburg, a remote Aboriginal community in central Australia’s West MacDonnell ranges, Albert Namatjira rose to prominence as the first Aboriginal artist to master a Western tradition.

Born in 1902 in Hermannsburg, a remote Aboriginal community in central Australia’s West MacDonnell ranges, Albert Namatjira rose to prominence as the first Aboriginal artist to master a Western tradition.