Tourist at Mount Olga Gorge, Central Australia.

Mount Olga Gorge, Central Australia.

Ayers Rock from the Distance

Ayers Rock or Uluru

Ayers Rock is a megalith stone that is located in Central Australia. If you want to reach the place from Alice Springs

In front of Ayers Rock

The desert of Central Australia and especially Ayers Rock was very hot during summer time. That's why people need to consume enough water in order to survive in the desert. This is inluding the native Aborigin who become the major inhabitant in the desert. Ayers Rock are not far away from Alice Springs. If we depart in the morning around seven o'clock, then we will arive around two o'clock in the midday. Water is very severe in Ayers Rock or Uluru in Aboriginal term, and based on this reason we should use the water strictly as this resource is very rare in the desert land of Central Australia. While the temperature was very hot, this Asian tourist was still standing in front of Ayers Rock. He didn't care about hot temperature in there in order to get to know about this unique place in the world.

In Front of Mount Olga Gorge

This is Mount Olga Gorge in the Background. Mount Olga Gorge is located in Central Australia and become one of most visited place by tourists home and abroad. The climate here is the desert climate which is very hot during the day, especially when it was summer time. The temperature could become 42 or 45 degree celcius during the day and those who walk in there need to consume water about a litre in one hour walk in order not to dehydrate themselves. This is an handsome Asian Tourist stand in front of Mount Olga Gorge.

Grape Stomping in Another Step

And the competition became very strongly conducted as the participants became very hard to stomp the grape into pieces. This is an exciting event at the Barossa Valley Vintage Festival that was happen in the year 1990 and as a rare occasion there were so many visitors coming to the Festival. This festival was taken place at the Barossa Valley itself and cover so many venues and attractions. South Australian Government Tourism Board had used this event to promote South Australian Tourism as well to the tourists from foreign countries. They were from Asia, USA, Europe, and some from other places that are not mentioned here.

Grape Stomping

This is another scene of Grape Stomping at the Barossa Valley Vintage Festival. This picture is also shows about the cooperation between partners and competition between the participants of this grape stomping competition. The participants were required to finish the stomping faster than the other couples by stomping and breaking the grape into piece and then it has already to be processed into wine in the traditional way of processing.

Another Scene of Grape Stomping

This pictures tell us that a cooperation between male and female couples in stomping the grape before it was processed to become wine. This was an interesting attraction at the Barossa Valley Vintage Festival in South Australia. Barossa Valley Vintage Festival is a rare occasion although the Festival was conducted very often. At this vintage festival there were so many rare attractions were conducted.

Grape Stomping Competition at the Barossa Valley Vintage Festifal

This was the grape stomping competition at the Barossa Valley Vintage Festival in which the occasion took place around the year of 1990 and 1991. This was a very unique occasion as you can see male and female couples compete to become faster in stomping the grape in order to make the wine. This might be a traditional way to make wine before it was processed.

Hot Cloud of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Tlogo Puteri at Kaliurang Area

Train Car at Tlogo Puteri

Turgo Hill and Mount Merapi

Flowers at View Cabin Park

Turgo Hill as It was Seen from View Cabin

Turgo Hill

Turgo Hill is the nearest hill from View Cabin or Gardu Pandang. This hill is also functioned as the belt for the peoples living down of Mount Merapi from the cold larva of Mount Merapi. However this hill is not effective in protecting the peoples from hot clouds of Mount Merapi and they still need to go to the bunker in order to save themselves. Based on the perception of the peoples living around down of Mount Merapi or near Kaliurang area, Turgo Hill is very important to prevent larva come to the lower area, including goes to the city of Yogyakarta. Through this hill the cold larva may come to the Boyong River first and then go to the river stream. Only those who live around or near the river stream who are in danger of cold larva of Mount Merapi. However, people need to appreciate to the benefit that was given by Turgo Hill in protecting them from one of the danger of Mount Merapi, called as called larva. The potential danger which is also jeopardize the life of human being near Mount Merapi is the hot cloud or wedhus gembel in local term. Why it is called as wedhus gembel it might be because the form of the cloud almost similar with the form of a goat. Goat in local Javanese term called as wedhus. If you are not going to bath the smell of your body is like goat or wedhus. In local language ambu ne koyo wedhus or your smell is like goat.

Flower Park at View Cabin at Kaliurang

At View Cabin or Gardu Pandang we can see the Top of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta when there is no clouds over it or we have a clear weather to see it from this place. Normally it can be done in the morning if the weather is clear and there is no rain present. The beautiful and scary mountain top of Mount Merapi can be seen from this View Cabin. At View Cabin there are also flower park and a bunker to protect people from hot cloud of Mount Merapi or usually called as Wedhus Gembel in local term. The flowers which View Cabin or Gardu Pandang has mostly in the form of tropical flowers that usually live in Indonesia. We can see there bougenville flower as the dominant flower at the place. The park is neatly organize by the gardener or workers in there as a lot of tourist sometimes came to this park. From this park we can also have a look to surrounding areas around Mount Merapi and to the city of Yogyakarta as well. Unfortunately, to reach this place we need to use the car or train car or even walk in a climbing road. One has to prepare his or her breath if walking is the choice to reach the place. However, all of your effort will be paid by a nice view around Mount Merapi including Turgo Hill. Turgo Hill is a closest hill to View Cabin or Gardu Pandang and become a good scenery at this place too.

Boyong River Near Turgo Hill at Kaliurang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

This is Boyong River where the larva of Mount Merapi comes to this river before going down to the lower surface. Boyong River is a phenomenal river as it is always being talked by most of the peoples for it larva stream, especially about cold larva of Mount Merapi during rainy season. Some of sand mine workers normally take sand for building material purposes in which during the rainy season they might be in danger for cold larva flood that comes from Mount Merapi up to the river. This picture was taken from the edge of the steep land off to Gardu Pandang or View Cabin Park. So many pine trees are also in the upland area of Boyong River and in the area near View Cabin Park. During the dry season this Boyong River is empty with water and also dry, contradictive with the situation during the rainy season. Careful action should be taken by the regional government of Sleman Regency or Yogyakarta Special Region Province when Mount Merapi in active situation to blow the larva as the capacity of the river to accept the larva of Mount Merapi might be limited. The danger of cold larva flooding would be in front of the eyes of the inhabitant around or near Boyong River if this is happen.