School of the Air Alice Springs

Up early for brekkie and flight to Alice Springs.

On the way from the Airport, we stopped in town and visited Mbantua Fine Art Gallery & Cultural Museum, see MAP, GPS(23 42 04 48S, 133 52 59.31E). They gave us an excellent tour and lecture on aboriginal art. The was also a film of the artists and the gallery's dealings with them in …

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 …

"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 …

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Huegel in der Naehe, da konnte man Alice Springs von oben sehen und den Sonnenuntergang beobachten. Am Montag bin ich dann zur School of the Air, das ist hier eine Schule fuer die Kinder im Outback. Das war sehr interessant, die Kinder haben alle einen ...