Alice Motor Inn Alice Springs

West MacDonnell National Park and the mountain range that gives the park its name kept me thoroughly entertained and in awe the entire day. A camera can't even begin to capture the different shades of red rock and greenish grey hues of the grasses. Combine those colors with a sky so blue I can't even describe it and that's the Outback. This whole area truly is amazing to see in person.

Covering over 200 miles today is ...

... trifecta, I don't know what is.

After a great overland train journey, I've finally made it to Alice Springs right in the heart of the Outback. She's got a whopping 28,000 people and is the only city between the north, south, east and west. Think about that...this is like some small one stoplight town in Nebraska being all the US has on tap in the so called flyover country. Alice lies right at the foot of the MacDonnell Range which I will ...

... here ?!"

"Mum - sing a song" (and then she fell back to sleep)

"Where's my heels ?" (the dress up shoes she hasnt worn since we were at home)

and my personal favourite ... during the night she called me over to tell me "My bum sore - kiss it better !" and she already had her pj pants pulled down with her bum cheeks poking out so I could oblige. Then she rolled over and went straight back to sleep !

Ok, so I haven't 'blogged' for quite some time now, but its just coz we're holed up in Alice Springs for the moment, working, so therefore no amusing travel stories or photos for a while. We plan to be here for a couple of months, just to replenish the funds. Nico's got himself a crazy job as a member of the ...

... bounce on landing in strong winds!!!.






















Then after a quick breakfast at the Red Dog Cafe serenaded by a local busker we headed off to the Alice Springs Desert Park. There was a good audio system that explained the park highlights. We saw a birds of prey show, reptiles talk and explored ...

... die Gelegenheit zu einer erfrischenden Abkuehlung in einem Wasserloch. Die Wassertemperatur war jedoch unerklaerlicherweise trotz der staendigen Hitze so niedrig, dass man nach einigen Minuten die Muskeln kaum noch bewegen konnte - also wirklich einige Abkuehlung fuer die wenigen die so "mutig" wie wir waren sie zu betreten. Zum Abschluss konnten wir uns noch einem ueberhaupt nicht scheuen Rock-Wallaby auf rund 1,5 m naehern und ihm beim Fressen zusehen.

... see and plenty of them. The first monolith we saw, we instantly mistook for the great Uluru (Ayers Rock). It seems we are not the only tourists to do so as its nicknamed Fooluru. Many have driven to the rock, snapped a photo and returned home only later to discover they were fooled. Moments later we gazed upon the real deal and were wowed by its daunting splendor. We would visit this rock at sunset to view it in ...

... after cruising down the highway, checking out the Devils Marbles, Wyong Well (watch out for aliens & UFO's!), we arrived in the Alice. A lovely town; very friendly and not as dry as I had imagined. Things were greener here than on the west coast. We had had various discussions with both my mum & M's, that they may join us here for a visit, so we both called our mums to see what their availability was like ...

#15 alice
29/6/09
Alice Springs


We pulled into Alice on Friday morning and got straight into repairs – the rear windscreen and also a trailer wheel (not sure where that happened - bugger). We were planning to meet Dood (my mums sister who is joining us for a month of travels) on Saturday or Sunday but as it turned out we all pulled in to town within ½ an hour of each other. Alice was booked out, but the Big4 said ...

... Wolfe Creek – famous for being the second largest meteorite crater in the world…. infamous for the super scary movie. We were there in the middle of the day but it still didn’t stop me from looking over my shoulder and I certainly didn’t stray off the path!

We were always up at about 6a.m (totally unnatural for me) but there seemed to be loads to do before breakfast at 7 and then David had to ...