Day 4 - Into Alice

Trip Start Mar 10, 2007
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Trip End Jan 08, 2008


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Sunday, May 13, 2007

We had a late start today, not setting off until 11am but that was still not a long enough lie in for Sascha, and I was beginning to get irritated, it was not like he had to do anything strenuous in the day, he could quite easily (and did) sleep in the back of the van while I drove, so why the moans when getting up late?  I tire of being the bad guy, so a little tip - if you are doing a relocation and you will be doing the majority of the driving, make sure that your passengers understand that as far as getting up and going goes - what you say, as the driver, is the law.  You are the one who has to drive, you are the one who has to avoid destoying the van by not hitting wandering animals - you are the one who says go.  Ok, end of lecture.

We were back on the Lasseter, heading east, and toward our final destination (or half way point if you are me) and we were greeted in the morning by another burned out and beaten wreck of a car.  I hope the people who were inside were okay, the bonnet was crumpled in the centre into an indented V-shape and the whole was just a mess of crushed side panels and broken glass and twisted bars.  The cow it hit wasn't too good either, lying at the side of the road, being gradually eaten by maggots and flys and ants.  Did I mention the smell? It was totally nauseating, a rank combination of heat rotting flesh and poo. I think it was fresh carnage - there was certainly a lot of the cow left, but we stayed only long enough to take the obligatory photos and then we were gone - the smell and the flies were just too much.

Once we were back at the Stuart Highway the scenery started to change again, becoming more mountainous, and, surprisingly, more green, as we climbed through the hill passes and made our way toward Alice.  It was definately more varied than the desert (sorry, semi-arid dry land) that has been our companion for the past three days. 

The only jobs left for tonight are to divide up the spending, and clean the van, then for a day of solitude tomorrow with Alice.  I will not deny that I am looking forward to it.  
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