Quest Alice Springs

... the vaccination and we should really consider it.<br> This morning we had time to run out to the hospital and get the H1N1 shot before our flight. What a difference between doing it here and doing it in Toronto when we visit our daughter or doing it in the states. We walked into the clinic, signed our name, got the shot, sat for 15 minutes to make sure there ...

<br> We had a few windy and wet days in the South West. One of those days we drove down to Cape Le Grand National Park, 50 km West of Esperance. The sun peaked through a couple of times as we visited Lucky Bay and Thistle Cove, then onto Hell Fire Bay and Le Grand Beaches &#8211; all pristine beaches. We climbed up Frenchman's Peak which gave us panoramic views of Cape Le Grand National Park. At the top of the peak was a huge, double open ended cave that we looked ...

... En cours de route, nous avons ramassé un autre groupe qui a eu un problème avec leur bus. Rapidement, on a eu des nouveaux amis pour terminer la route. <br><br>De plus, nous avons fait un jeu qui consistait à manger une barre de céréale (un supplément à des céréales) le plus rapidement possible, sans boire durant l&#8217;épreuve. Je peux vous dire que tu cherches ta salive car c&#8217;est sec en petit péché. Je suis content de ma performance avec un 46 secondes, car je ...

... There is a climb that you can do, which I'm sure some of you have heard of. What I didn't realize was that it is considered disrespectful to do the climb as well as very dangerous. The traditional owners ask people to not do it, and they have signs up all over. It looked SO steep going up and a ton of people have died attempting it. <br>Anyway, at this point there was a HUGE black cloud coming our way. Everyone was getting antsy to see a storm over the rock! Even our ...

... is very poor in most places outside the townships in the NT, so we try to travel from town to town when we can.<br><br>Alice Springs is a nice place in the middle of nowhere , a lot of people come here to get to Ayers Rock and Kings Canyon, so tourism is the main income for this place , there are so many souvenir shops that you can't even make a choice where to go.<br><br>We decided to ...

... camel trains along this route in the 1800s to open up the area to settlement. Interestingly enough, over 1,000,000 wild camels who descended from these originals live in the Outback now and are the only disease free specimens in the world. Evidently the ones living in the Middle East have contracted syphillis over the years. Yep, syphillis. Now how in the hell does a camel come down with a human venereal disease? Only Allah knows what is going on in ...

... locations to watch the sun go down.<br> <br>Afterwards we boarded the coach and were driven back to Alice Springs, all very happy about the day we&#8217;d had.<br> <br>This was certainly a unique tour, and the fact that you venture into an area off-limits to most was really special. I found it most interesting listening to the different ways with which the geologist (Craig) interprets the landscape, from the way traditional custodian (Ricky) views the natural features. <br> <br>

... that he was that way than over the top gung ho. We then did the base walk round the &#8216;Rock&#8217; which I think took about 2 hours &#8211; no doubt that we were in the desert now it was dusty and airless and everything was red &#8211;including my face. I think I sweated off every ounce of spare liquid and salt in my body and despite seeming to drink plenty, I felt rough later on but I was conscious enough to take in the experience and appreciate why the place has such spiritual ...

http://cooberpedyregionaltimes.wordpres s.com/news-paper/<br><br>You have to check out the local paper! <br>We picked up a paper in a road house about 2hours drive from Coober Pedy - so its well distributed and read! The local police activity is a must read for all the action (in the two weeks since last print -Bob, Beryll and Brad found to be over the safe alcohol limit and a chocolate bar stolen). They also had a very talented dog - having its own ...

... the city. The temperature is 75F/25C, but I&#8217;m not hot (though it&#8217;s still sunny).<br><br> This &#8220;metropolis&#8221; of the Outback has a couple tiny tourist attractions (Aborigine gallery was good), but the best part within city limits is Anzac Hill (Aus and NZ Army Corps). After climbing the hill for a few minutes, you see awe ...