Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Yulara - Alice Springs

What a cold morning it was this morning. Not sure if the was the coldest by temperature, but certainly felt it. Everyone was wrapped up trying to find someway of warming up. We got up nice and early, well except for one sleepy head who did not want to wake up.

Time to dismantle another campsite and set off for our next destination today. We are off to Alice Springs. The annoying part is that we have to back track to the Stuart Highway before we can start on a new road. Neither the Ernst Giles Road or Meringue Loop are passable by van and so we have to stick to the Lassiter Highway.

It was goodbye rock and off to a new destination. We all tried to get a last glimpse of Uluru and Kata Tjuta as we drove away, what an amazing palce this turned out to be.

Most of today we are on the road and so not much to report.

The countryside is constantly changing, leaving the red centre we headed back to a mainly rocky land, passing over many dry rivers and over a few ranges. The scenery is not what you would call amazing but is very interesting to see.

When we arrived in Alice Springs and found our caravan park, the McDonnell Ranges Park, Cathy and Skinny headed off to the supermarket to re-stock the cupboards, that were not exactly bare, but needed re-filling. We will restock next week before leaving again.

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