{"id":304,"date":"2012-05-19T14:43:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T14:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/?p=304"},"modified":"2012-05-16T01:54:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T01:54:22","slug":"cloud-9-day-6-devils-marbles-and-alice-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/cloud-9-day-6-devils-marbles-and-alice-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud 9 &#8211; Day 6, Devils Marbles and Alice Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By a crazy impulse of motivation, our guide made us get up an hour before sunrise (fortunately, it was winter) so that we could watch the sunrise from the famous granite blocks of the <a title=\"Devils Marbles\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Devils_Marbles_Conservation_Reserve\" target=\"_blank\">Devils Marbles<\/a>. The Devils Marbles are a special granite rock formation that gives the impression of giant balls resting on other rocks. These are actually one rock (the boulders and the rock on which they seemed to lay on), after the effect of erosion. Their particular shape gave them the name &#8220;Devils Marbles\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_306\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCN5574.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306\" class=\"size-large wp-image-306\" title=\"Some rocks\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5574-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Some rocks\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5574-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5574-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_307\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCN5581.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307\" class=\"size-large wp-image-307\" title=\"Rock cut in half\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5581-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Rock cut in half\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5581-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5581-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock cut in half<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_308\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCN5590.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"size-large wp-image-308\" title=\"Karlu Karlu\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5590-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Karlu Karlu\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5590-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5590-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karlu Karlu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just before lunch, we stopped at Barrow Creek, another pub following the tradition of leaving a little thing behind.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCN5593.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309\" class=\"size-large wp-image-309\" title=\"Our bus\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5593-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Our bus\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5593-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5593-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our bus<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_310\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCN5597.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310\" class=\"size-large wp-image-310\" title=\"Barrow Creek Pub\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5597-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Barrow Creek Pub\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5597-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5597-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barrow Creek Pub<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Several kilometers later we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn. We stopped there just to take the picture.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_311\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCN5599.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"size-large wp-image-311\" title=\"Tropic of Capricorn\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5599-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Tropic of Capricorn\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5599-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5599-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tropic of Capricorn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And finishing this 3 days tour, we finally arrived at Alice Springs &#8211; the city tucked in the middle of hills.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_312\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCN5602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312\" class=\"size-large wp-image-312\" title=\"Entrance of Alice Springs\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5602-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance of Alice Springs\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5602-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5602-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance of Alice Springs<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_313\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCN5609.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\"size-large wp-image-313\" title=\"Alice Springs\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5609-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Alice Springs\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5609-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/img1.skisoo.com\/2012\/03\/DSCN5609-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Springs<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By a crazy impulse of motivation, our guide made us get up an hour before sunrise (fortunately, it was winter) so that we could watch the sunrise from the famous granite blocks of the Devils Marbles. The Devils Marbles are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/cloud-9-day-6-devils-marbles-and-alice-springs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-northern-territory","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skisoo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}