Central Australia II

Taken from Access DVD (Time coded)

01:00 A group of camels walk across the scene followed by a man riding on a horse and a man in a suit walking beside him.

01:03 A man riding a camel

01:05 About five Australian European men climb out of a car. The car appears to be stuck due to the terrain

01:09 A man in a suit riding a camel

01:10 A women climbs onto a camel followed by two men riding a camel. There is car nearby

01:23 A party of European Australians sit on a donkey cart. They are led by a group of Australian Aboriginal men on donkeys

01:34 Two European men climb onto a camel. They are followed by another camel and are led by an Australian Aboriginal man

01:46 Various clips of people of both genders climbing onto camels

02:10 A party standing on top of a large rock formation waves at the camera

02:18 Landscape shots of several rocky cliffs and foliage in colour

02:45 A European Australian women sits on the ground

02:50 Another women kneels at the same spot alongside a man lying down. They laugh

02:53 Video shifts to colour again. More landscape shots of the same area this time focusing on the cliffs.

03:18 A car is parked in the middle of a large area

03:19 Shots of a rocky ground

03:25 "Entrance to palm valley"

03:27 Two men lie down and lap up water from a clear stream. The camera pans to show the surrounding flora

03:39 Landscape shots focus on trees and shrubs

04:01 Two men and a woman sit on a raised rack formation surrounded by a large group of plants.

04:15 The camera pans to observe the shrubs and trees of palm valley

05:15 A car is parked and people are climbing in

05:16 More shots of plants

05:20 The camera focuses on a hand holding a small plant with white flowers

05:22 There are further landscape clips of palm valley

06:24 A woman and a man stand together both are European Australian. The camera pans across the surrounding area. Another man stands at some distance

06:40 "Desert Willow"

06:42 The camera pans over several trees

06:56 A flock of birds fly across the sky

07:00 The camera observes some trees

07:10 A group walks down a narrow valley path surrounded by two large cliffs

07:33 "Jay Creek"

07:34 The camera shows a creek surrounded by trees and rock formation

07:45 A European man walks by the creek

07:46 A woman stand next to a group of tents

07:53 An Australian Aboriginal man stands next to a mother and baby camel

07:56 A group of European Australians are having a picnic and joking with each other

08:08 The camera observes the rocky cliffs

08:24 "Near Jay Creek"

08:26 A man and woman observe a car driving by

08:30 "Simpsons Gap"

08:34 A man is standing while another man is riding a bicycle in some distance

08:45 The camera observes the various rocky mountains

09:09 A small group stand by a creek

09:15 A European man leans next to a large mountain

09:20 The group walks by the mountains

09:27 The camera observe the mountains and the creek

09:35 Further landscape clips of the local plant life. A person walks in the background

09:59 "Emily Gap"

10:02 A herd of cows is walking in a field

10:08 A group of cows are in a watering hole

10:24 A person is climbing up a rocky cliff in the background

10:45 The camera observes a large group of cows

10:56 Ariel shots of the herd are taken. People sit on the cliffs observing them below.

11:16 A man sits on a rock formation. The camera pans to see the rest of the formation.

11:28 Ariel shots of the cows and the watering hole

11:40 A car drives up in the background

11:47 A large group of people stand by a train

11:49 A European Australian couple wave at the camera with the train behind them

11:55 Sweeping landscape shots are taken inside the train

12:15 End of film

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CreatorAlfred Edward Gerard
ControlAA 841/3/1
Quantity   7   16mm,SP Betacam,Digital Betacam & DVDs
Series AA841/3