Playing Marbles With The Devil

Heading north along the stuart highway from alice springs to bitter springs i was ready for a couple of long days stuck in the troopy.

Playing marbles with the devil.

The devils marbles are of great cultural and spiritual significance to. Geology is cool. It s a big ol stretch of nothing between darwin and alice so it was sweet to stop and check out some niiiice boulders on the way. Karlu karlu devils marbles conservation reserve is a protected area in the northern territory of australia located in the locality of warumungu about 105 km 65 mi south of tennant creek and 393 km 244 mi north of alice springs the nearest settlement is the small town of wauchope located 9 km 5 6 mi to the south.

The protagonist twelve year old boli struggles to make sense of a rapidly changing world relying for support on a fragile set of friends and allies. The characters are engaging and the plot moves steadily towards a powerful conclusion. Devilsmarbles bouldersrock redcentre ntaustralia desert outback australia geology boulders alicesprings troopy roadtrip travel troopylife. A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.

The long drive to the devil s marbles. Alice playing with the devil s marbles posted on 05 23 2013 by thenomadicdiaries the piercing howl of a dingo erupted in the dark of night as i roasted marshmallows over the camp fire at devil s marbles with ben and petra a dutch couple i befriended at the camp site.