Alastair's friends, the Olgas

Close by, more picturesque and higher than Uluru (Ayer's Rock), the Olgas are now known by the name Kata-Tjuta:


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Fewer snakes in the low countries

Australia is a land that is wriggling with snakes - or so I've been led to believe. The north-west of Europe doesn't offer much in the way of training for those who need habituating. Perhaps a legless lizard will do instead: