Yeperenye / Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park

These small Gaps in the Heavitree When to visit Range are the first features you The Park is accessible all year Safety and Comfort come to on your trip into the round. The cooler months (April to • Observe park safety signs. East MacDonnell Ranges. They September) are the most pleasant • Carry and drink plenty of water. contain interesting Aboriginal times to visit. • Wear a shady hat, sunscreen, paintings and are important insect repellent, suitable clothing and footwear. spiritual sites to the Eastern What to do Picnicking - This Park • Avoid strenuous activity during Arrernte Aboriginal people. the heat of the day. offers recreational activities Fact Sheet Many places in the landscape are • Consider your health and fitness such as picnicking and nature associated with the same dreamtime when choosing a walk. observation. There are picnic story. Together these places form a tables and firepits at Jessie Gap. Please Remember ‘dreaming trail’. Emily and Jessie • Keep to designated roads and Gap are both associated with the Walks - There are short tracks. caterpillar trail. Emily Gap is walking tracks leading into • All historic, cultural items and probably the most significant, as both Emily and Jessie Gap. wildlife are protected. this is where the caterpillar beings Camping - Camping is • Traditional Owners ask that visitors do not climb the rocks of Mparntwe () not permitted on the Park. in the Gaps or on the north side originated. These caterpillars There are many opportunities of the range. formed Emily Gap and many of the for camping in Alice Springs • It is requested that you do not topographic features around Alice and further east at Trephina and take photos inside Emily Gap or Springs, then radiated out to the N’Dhala Gorge. of the rockart. • Firewood collection is not edge of the Simpson Desert. Some activities such as events and permitted in the park. Emily Gap (Anthwerrke) is a gatherings may not be appropriate • Fires are only permitted in registered sacred site. A large rock within Emily or Jessie Gap. Please designated firepits. painting depicts the caterpillar phone Parks and Wildlife on (08) • Bins are not provided, please dreaming. Please respect the site 8951 8250 for information about take your rubbish with you and do not touch any Aboriginal art. permitted activities. • Pets are not permitted.

The first European sighting of • Drones are not permitted. Anthwerrke Interactive Emily and Jessie Gap was in 1871. Experience - The Traditional It was thought that ‘Emily’ and Owners have developed an App ‘Jessie’ were the daughters of Sir Telling the story of the that allows them to share some of Charles Todd, but this was found to Caterpillar Dreaming the cultural values of the park. be untrue. The basis on which the There is limited phone reception at names are derived is unknown. Emily Gap, so it is a good idea to Access download it prior to your Located 10 km east of Alice visit. For more information visit Springs, the Park is an easy 15 www.sitesandtrails.com.au minute drive along the sealed Ross Highway.

Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Regional Office - Arid Zone Research Institute Ranger Station South ALICE SPRINGS NT 0870 Ph: (08) 8952 1013 PO Box 1120 ALICE SPRINGS NT 0871 www.nt.gov.au/parks Ph: (08) 8951 8250 Fax: (08) 8951 8290 Yeperenye / Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park

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Yeperenye / Emily and Jessie Gaps - Facilities & Activities

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A/02/2020PWCNT Fact Sheet For more information visit www.nt.gov.au/parks or contact Tourism Central Australia 1800 645 199 or (08) 8952 5800 www.discovercentralaustralia.com