Thanks again all for looking in and for your kind comments.
Akira, Mongo was a Kodachrome 64 user until it was hard to get and eventually transitioned to Fuji film velvia but did love the Kodachrome while it lasted.
Randy, glad you take an open approach to post processing. Mongo agrees with you and has no secrets. Always happy to explain what serious tweaking may have been applied (and how) if asked by anyone or required to my rules of competition etc or if posting an image to demonstrate the post processing used as an exercise etc
Armando and Jakov, asked how to get there. Yes, it is remote but like so many other sites like this in the central Australia region, there are, for the most part, sealed roads that lead to it or past it close enough to park and walk a few minutes to get there. If in an Australian main city, you can drive over a few days (motel overnight or use your motor home, caravan etc) or fly to the nearest main town like, in this case, Alice Springs and drive from there. There are innumerable tourist trips that will take you there and many fabulous nearby places on the way. In short, it is a long way but very doable.
Central Australia, the deserts of central Australia and the Kimberley region of Australia are amongst the most interesting and exciting Mongo has encountered anywhere in the world and in many way unique in that excitement. Sadly, due to their remoteness, the expense to an Australian of going there on a tourist arranged trip is usually many times the cost of travelling overseas as a tourist !! Yes, it is often far less expensive to travel half way round the world than it is to see your own country. Of course if you drive yourself and arrange your own accommodation, it can be a measurably different story. Hope this helps explain.
Jakov, yes the silence is very deafening and wonderfully welcome. One huge bonus is the clarity of the sky - it is mind-bending ! During the day, the blues in your images (particularly with wide angle lenses) are almost dark indigo (as if you had a polariser fully dialled up). At night, it provides the most perfect situation for night sky /astro photos you will get short of the Antarctic.
