We spend today visiting several of the attractions in Alice Springs itself, firstly we went to the School of the Air – without a doubt if you are in Alice spring you have to come here – we all really enjoyed it – and where very impressed by the whole operation. We then went and took a look around the old Telegraph Station; they were obviously pretty tough back then!
After lunch in “town”, we visited the RFDS base – where we saw 2 real flights being coordinated and went around a museum showing us how the service has changed since it started. We then visited the Reptile Park which was interesting – but as the day was so hot we didn’t stay long.
This evening there was free didgeridoo demonstration from a guy called Marshall Whyler who was excellent, a terrific way to end another busy but enjoyable day.
at Trephina that followed the rim of the gorge before returning along the sand floor. Very spectacular!
After we had finished setting up the campsite. The day was mainly spent getting organised and then we went to the Todd Mall Night Market which was part of The Desert Festival. This is where Katherine bought herself some real Aboriginal Artwork.
This was a road sign that people had hung lots of different types of shoes on. They do some very strange things out here!
The problem was because we blew the tire the day before we now had no spare tires for the trailer and dad and I thought it was too risky to try and keep going without any spares. We tried going to the mechanics in Innamincka but it was shut because it was Sunday. We had to wait ‘till the next day before we could get a new spare. That meant we had a whole day to waste.
) Dad and I were very disappointed.
