Day 100

Day 100 Alice Springs

Well we are in Alice Springs at last. Seemed like an age since we were in Bali and Darwin. We

Behind the bar

Lounge Carriage

started late today and we spent it doing the boring stuff you have to do to keep on the road. Maureen did the washing whilst I got the Beast out and hooked up to charge ready for some touring, and we went into town to a drive around to get a feel for the town and visit the tourist centre. There is a lot to see here and we will try and do as much as we can. It is really cool how the McDonnell Ranges start here in town and

Main Kitchen

Dinning Cabin

they have built around it and there is a spot where the train line for the Ghan is next to the road and up and embankment. Speaking of the Ghan, there is a transport museum and after having lunch, we set off to look at it. It is a huge site with one section a museum for Kenworth. With acres of land to cover we did not do it all, instead

Our old friends

The Beast at the pool

we went into the Old Ghan museum. They had one of the old engines and a couple of carriages.

Back in town, we did the bank and food shopping, well some food shopping, Maureen had found a shoe shop that had a sale on Cowboy boots and she could just not resist them. So back at camp it was time to pack away the shopping and relax in the evening with a drink and then go for a

Selfie in the pool

Maurren's new hockey boots

swim in one of the pools. They have two here, so we had a choice. It was interesting to see our spinifex pigeons are back and we had a mob here.

Tomorrow we intend to do a heritage walk in town, but the temperature is scheduled to be 41 again, so we might do it in stages between coffee shops.