palm creek and beyond
  the first recorded European to come across the unique palm trees was the explorer Ernest Giles, who was following the course of the Finke River in Central Australia in 1872 during his first attempt to reach the Western Australia coast from South Australia, but Giles did not inspect the tributary of the Finke that flowed through Palm Valley and missed the miraculous oasis within; Palm Valley was not discovered by Europeans until the settlement of Hermannsburg mission in 1877
  
  Mpulungkinya Track, Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park - 13th August 2006