Alice Springs

23rd August

Alice Springs was a bit of a surprise for me. I didn’t realise that it sits literally in the middle of the MacDonnell Ranges. You get a great perspective looking over the town from up on Anzac Hill – with the Gap in the middle, and the East and West MacDonnell Ranges stretching out in each direction.

On top of that, it is only 10 or 15km drive out to the beautiful Emily and Jessie Gaps.

Even our caravan park was pretty, with real grass (a rarity out here!!) and views of the MacDonnell Ranges all around us. Lots of birdlife too.

We also celebrated Matty’s 10^th birthday!! He was happy to go to the skatepark and to have a waterslide & jumping pillow at the Caravan Park. He got to have McDonalds and all the luxuries of a real supermarket – such as ice cream and mudcake! And of course a bit of Internet to play Fortnite with his mates back home. So he was a happy birthday boy!

We ended up spending 4 days here, having a bit of a catch up – on washing, shopping, phone and Internet reception – and waiting out the cold weather. We have had a cold snap this past 4 days. It has been freezing!!! We went from highs of 34 a few days ago, to having tops of 17 – and even ice on the top of the car a couple of mornings. We were very happy that the cold weather coincided with one of the rare occasions we have power, so we jumped inside the van early most nights and pumped up the air-con.

P.S – Here are some pics from our drive between Devil’s Marbles and Alice Springs…

We stopped to fill up fuel at Barrow Creek. They had a old Telegraph station and a cute little pub I’d have loved to stop and have a beer at.