00:06 Part 1

00:09 To the land of colourful mountains rich in native myth and story.

00:14 Mt. Connor, Ayers Rock, Mt. Olga.

00:24 In the very heart of the great red desert of Central Australia, lie the three great Tors – Mt. Connor, Ayers Rock and Mt. Olga.

00:33 Each so different - all so beautiful - with a grandeur that fascinates and holds our lingering gaze.

00:41 Wide shot of Mount Connor in the distance, a long mountain formations with a flat top.

00:48 Mount Olga (?) A might brown coloured mountain that is very rounded at the top.

00:57 Map showing the positions of Mt. Olga to the left, Ayer’s Rock in the middle and Mt. Conner to the left are shown. The towns of Erldunda to the East, Kulgera and Tie Yon to the south and Henbury, Middleton, Tempe and Hermannsburg to the north are visible. Alice Springs can is also present to the North-East.

01:12 A close-up roadmap with a route highlighted is shown. Someone uses a stylus or pen to specifically trace the route from Alice Springs in the North, along the southern roadway before trailing to the west. Other place names are not legible on this map.

01:27 A few years ago, transport for the trip was the slow but faithful camel.

01:34 Five camels lay near a tree, one tied to the tree standing up.

01:38 Different angle of same camels. One in the foreground faces the camera, chewing.

01:44 Close-up of camel eating from a tree.

01:48 Camels sitting down on the grass.

01:51 Three Australian Aboriginal men start to load the camels with provisions.

01:57 Camels have been loaded and one of the men start to lead the camels away before mounting the one at the front of the line ready to ride.

02:24 Across glorious rosy-red sandhills home of the lovely desert oak.

02:32 Shot of three desert oak trees surrounded by spinifex and red desert sand.
02:40 The packed camels appear on the ridge in the background before travelling and disappearing over it.

02:52 Mt. Conner a Great Tor.

03:01 The camel group head towards Mount Connor is the distance. Three Australian Aboriginals, one carrying a spear and one carrying a basket on their head follow the camels along the train into the distance. A young Australian Aboriginal child can be seen climbing and walking on the far left of the shot.

03:25 Two Australian Aboriginal people carrying a variety of sticks or spears walk slowing across a field of grass.

03:27 Today our heavy four wheel drive vehicle follows the camels tracks with much greater speed.

03:35 A white Australian man is seen packing up a camp with a green truck behind him.

03:42 Handheld camera perspective from the front of the truck as it travels down a very bumpy and muddy dirt track.

03:53 Wood and corrugated shack on a small farm with three barrels outside it.

03:57 Panning shot of the small farm. The shack can be seen on the left with a wooden stable on the right near the truck.

04:00 Two men walk along a wire fence near possibly a second wooden shack or shed. One carries a bag.

04:05 Three men continue to load the truck with various bags. The back of the truck has been barricaded to prevent the bags from falling.

04:07 Five men stand chatting near a small smoking campfire just behind them. A tent is revealed to be just to the left of the men.
04:16 Axle deep.

04:20 We dug out way through this bog, taking 4 hours to progress 40 yards.

04:27 Truck carrying the bags from earlier is stuck in the thick mud. Two men attend to the rear of the truck in an attempt to lift it free.

04:31 One man, using a spade, digs out excess mud from under the truck’s wheels.

04:37 The man passes the spade to a second man in blue overalls who walks to the other side of the truck. He can then be seen in the driver’s seat, attempting to drive the truck out of the mud, reversing several times in an attempt to gain traction. The man in the wide brimmed hat and green trousers attempts to push the truck from the side.

05:00 Shot taken from behind the truck. The depth of which the truck is stuck in the mud can clearly be seen. The two men attempt to dig more mud from beneath the truck’s wheels.

05:13 The truck is now free from being stuck in the mud and is seen further down in road of solid ground.

05:16 Mt. Conner from the East.

05:23 Mt. Connor with a huge quartzite cap rising 600ft. above the scree, towers 1,000 ft. above the desert, with an ovoid perimeter of 9 miles.

05:31 Mount Connor can clearly be seen in the distance with its flat mountain top.

05:37 Slightly closer or zoomed in view of Mount Connor. Camera pans along the long mountain formation.

05:45 View of Mount Connor taken from closer in and at a different angle. A man in a wide-brimmed hat is sitting in the foreground. His face is covered by shadow.

05:54 Not far from Mount Connor a make-shift hut has been made from wood and grass. Here, provisions and supplies have been piled inside.

06:02 Mt. Connor viewed from the west, changes its appearance to a gigantic symmetrical flat-top residual.

06:11 Mount Connor can be seen in the background with a vast green landscape in the foreground. The clearly symmetrical, flat-top is obvious as described.

06:32 A milestone in the progress of Science-A miniature Transceiver set of recent invention is tried out. Contact is made with Alice Springs 300 miles away.

06:42 A man kneeling by the truck is connecting the miniature transceiver.

06:48 Close-Up of the wiring of the miniature transceiver set with two men kneeling near it connecting it up.

07:00 handheld camera from the perspective of the truck travels along a very bumpy dirt track.

07:07 Truck appears to be bogged again in the mud. A man kneels by the left hand side of the truck attending to the issue.

07:12 Man is seen pushing the truck.

07:13 Film turns black.

07:32 End of film.

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