Alice Springs

Sunday 30th May
We left Yulara resort around 8.30 a.m. on another beautiful Northern Territory morning en route for Alice Springs. We stopped for fuel and lunch at Erldunda and also a rest break and an ice cream at Stuart’s Well, then continued on to Alice and arrived at 4.00 p.m. then did a quick tour of the town when I spotted the Ghan moving through the station, so we zoomed down there and were were able to get great pictures of the Ghan and we watched it pull out heading for Adelaide. Monday morning saw Claire making pancakes for breakfast, and then we got up and sat outside in the sun and did nothing, which we had started doing yesterday but hadn’t finished. After an early lunch we took the bus into town which was the equivalent of the scenic railway at Luna Park ,the way the driver went round the corners and kept doubling back ( a real cook’s tour ).Vicki and Claire went off for some retail therapy while Reg and I were left to do the supermarket shopping. We were unfortunate enough to have the same bus and driver on our return so the experience began again.Reg and I had just got back to the park and sat down to enjoy a cup of coffee and continue our doing nothing task ,when we received a message from the girls to come and pick them up. They had finished their shopping and the bus was not due for another hour and a half so we had to pack up the van and drive into town to get them, which was why we had taken the bus in the first place. So after a beautiful barbeque tea we are heading to bed at 10.p.m on a beautifully clear night in Alice Springs.