School of the Air Alice Springs

... has a lot to answer for.

Did I go with rose tinted glasses?
Yes, of course I did.
Was it on my list of places that I have wanted to visit for a long long time?
Yes, of course it was.
What was I expecting?
Lots of sheep, sheep station and an ice cream parlour.
Did I get that?
No I didn't... but was I …

Finally arrived in Alice Springs - Time to relax, do laundry, answer emails, post blog-updates, do banking, tour-planing and re-packing for Uluru and Red-center sights... Rob, the guy doing the property management for my place in Haarlem while I am traveling, informs me that my washing machine has passed away. Great news :-( Somehow I am not really …

This morning we decided to have a bit of a lie in and get up lesuirely rather than setting the alarm clock... think we are a little tired from all the travelling.

Feeling refreshed, we headed out into Alice Town Centre. We decided to take the bus to the School of Air....

The bus turned up on time and cost $2 each (bargain!) It …

Darn it - I forgot o save previous entry o this is my second go! We set off armed with a lap full of brochures to explore Alice sights. First stop was the Old Telegraph Station on the advice of our waitress from the night before. She was iChat - it is excellent. The buildings are really well preserved and it's fascinating stuff. The Telegraph line …

Saturday 24th March 2012

Daily verse
I will never leave you or forsake you. Joshua 1:5

Neil's notes
As we came into Alice Springs Neil said, "This is civilised."

Heidi’s heart
I woke up at 5:30am to go to the toilet. The toilet/shower block was full of girls making themselves look beautiful. They were …

We love Alice Springs!!!

Its cool for starters. A mere 37 degrees today and not 97% humidity like it was in Darwin. We only realised just how sticky Darwin was (we must have acclimatised on the Gibb River Road after all) when we opened our back packs today and were surprised to find all our clothes damp..... Alice feels positively 'spring …

"A town like Alice".... this place is a definite oasis in central Australia. The people are wonderful, the town has character and we have had a great day.

We had a “drive through” the shopping area, a “drive around” the town area before heading to visit the “School of the Air”..... It was amazing. They …

Max's fact of the day: John Flynn was the founder of the Royal Flying Doctors Service.

Lucy's fact of the day - To be part of the School of the Air you need to be more than 50km from Alice Springs.

Hi everyone,

Today was our chance to explore all of what Alice Springs has to offer.

The kids started the day out by …

The kids went to school this morning. Not Anderson Creek Primary, and not a regular type school either. It was a visit to the largest classroom in the world, School of the Air. The classroom covers much of NT and some of the students are over 600km away, on remote cattle stations, research facilities or simply traveling the countryside. The school …

... before I headed back to the train station. I had heard that the Telegraph Station was a walk north from the centre of Alice, and the School of the Air was also in a similar direction. I have always been a bit of a walker and it was a really nice ...

... system that can pump out intimidating AC/DC the outcome was preordained. The second of our ‘firsts’, the School Of The Air was effectively a virtual school program that originated in Alice Springs to bring the school to kids in some of the ...

... Service which works through a radio network to provide medical help to residents in the most remote areas of Australia. Later we visited the School of the Air which is the biggest classroom in the world. Through radio, internet, and mail contact, ...

Entry containing 36 photos titled: Signs showing where we have been, The Old Ghan Train, Nat and the Ghan Train, The Ghan Train, Dave and the Ghan Train, The Ghan Train in Alice Springs Station, Statue at Alice Springs Station, Nat in Alice Springs Station

... works through a radio netowrk that keeps in touch with people in isolated areas on a regular basis. We also visited the School of the Air. They call it the biggest classroom in the world--1.3 million square kilometers and for children living in isolated ...

... in the desert and yes, a buzzard can open an emu's egg by smashing it with a rock. We also popped in to the 'School of the Air' which used to be this incredible way of teaching children in remote areas by radio. They also had their books and shchoolwork ...

... where Alice Springs started.  After a slight mishap with the bus (we missed it but it came back) we visited the school of the air. This is where children who live in the outback and are literaly in the middle of nowhere were taught ...

... a loss for anything to do. We visited the Flying Doctors Service who cover an area larger than the UK, and also the School of the Air, which for 55 years has been educating Outback children. They currently have 87 students between 4 and 13 years of ...

... ..... The day was the perfect end to a feat most never thought possible - sightseeing in Alice Springs.  I managed to get to the School of the Air, which completely fascinated me.  It's made up of about 90 students who live in farmsteads all ...

... Park where Sam got to hold an large olive python and Mitchell had a bearded dragon snuggling in to him on his shoulder, the School of the Air – which was fabulous, and the Desert Park which for $55 per family had me asking the tour desk what you ...