Almost exactly 24 hours after surfacing from my last dive (the recommended safety time before flying) I was back on a plane again. This time it was a Qantas flight to Alice Springs, 1500km from Cairns. Alice Springs is one of the few major towns in the Northern Territory and is in the heart of the outback. This area is known as the Red Centre – the vast expanse of red soil clearly visible from the plane on our way in. Landing at around lunchtime it was a moderate 41°c! I also changed time zone again – the Northern Territory and South Australia are 30 minutes behind Queensland.
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Unfortunately time doesn’t allow me to see much of Alice Springs itself, which used to be inhabited by the Arrernte Aboriginal people. A telegraph station was later built here to link Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north, and this opened up the interior of Australia for permanent European settlement. In addition to the telegraph station, one of the main attractions is the Royal Flying Doctor Service base. The town is primarily used by tourists as a base to explore the outback, particularly Ayers Rock.
I spent the afternoon settling into the hostel, repacking my bags (again!), and cooling off in the swimming pool. Tomorrow I’m going on a 3 day safari into viagra jelly uk the outback, which includes camping in the bush and cooking over a fire! Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t include wireless internet access so although I’ll be writing my blog as I go, I won’t be able to publish it until I’m back on Wednesday night.
Can’t believe you’re in Alice already Howie! Your holiday is going fast!! Enjoy the red dust…and stars x
Hi Howie,
I can’t keep up with you! One minute you are on the Great Barrier Reef now you are in Alice Springs! You are really making the most of your trip – it will be truly memorable. You can guess which photo I liked best! Slap on the suncream!
Love from us both,
Mum xxxxx
Of course u took a photo of a cat!
The stars, oh man the stars…they will blow your mind!!
Don’t forget to celebrate Aussie Day on wednesday as you are an honorary aussie
Howie (strange to be calling you that!!) just caught up with you thanks to your Dad giving me the URL. Very glad to read of your exploits, relieved that the floods do not seem to have had much effect on your itinerary. Make the most of your time left in Oz, see you back in Pinner at the party on Saturday when you can tell us all about it. Take care of yourself, yours aye, Bill
Have only just been told about this blog, so have been catching up. Delighted you are having such a great time, and a super selection of pictures. You have done much of what we did when in Oz, and much (except the wet bits) that we would have done given more time. Your time in Sydney brought back memories of our first meal in Oz – in the Opera House restaurant as the sun set over the Bridge – magical! We were told not to call them Fairy Penguins, but it was not explained whether this was because of human, penguin (or fairy) sensitivities. And the rain in Cairns is awesome! Look forward to hearing more about it. Love, Dad and Sue.