Spirit of the Outback

The Australian Outback - ancient, mysterious and often breathtakingly beautiful.

Listen to predawn birdsong echoing around Ormiston Gorge, an exhilarating flock of wild Budgerigars, Wedgebills - 'the windchimes of the desert', the cries of Black Cockatoos carrying across the plains, rare desert frogs and, under a full moon, the eerie wail of Dingoes.

Tracklist:

1. Ormiston Gorge, Full Moon, 3 a.m.
2. Dawn across the Mulga
3. Wild Budgerigars
4. Spinifex Country
5. Red Gorges and River Gums
6. Mulga Afternoon
7. Red-tailed Black Cockatoos
8. Desert Dusk
9. Nightfall at the Waterhole
10. Dingoes
11. Ormiston Gorge, The Following Night

Total Playing Time: 63 minutes

Recording Locations:
(all Northern Territory):
Track 1: Main waterhole at entrance to Ormiston Gorge, Western Macdonnell Ranges
Track 2: "Gunbarrel Highway" near Kulgera
Track 3: N'Dhala Gorge, Eastern Macdonnell Ranges
Track 4: Ormiston Gorge, Western Macdonnell Ranges
Track 5: John Hayes Rockhole, Trephina Gorge, Eastern Macdonnell Ranges
Track 6: near Luritja Road (Kings Canyon to Uluru)
Track 7: Lasseter Highway, near Mount Ebenezer
Track 8: near Kings Canyon
Track 9 & 10: Ellery Creek Bighole, Western Macdonnell Ranges
Track 11: Main waterhole at entrance to Ormiston Gorge, Western Macdonnell Ranges

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