We stayed in Alice Springs for a week. We loved the countryside and outcrops were dramatic. The Sturt's Desert Peas were growing everywhere and they were very lovely. The first caravan park we stayed was handy to town and opposite the Araluen Cultural Centre. We saw Jimoen there on Saturday night. It was a complete sell out and he was funny.
We went touristy and visited Anzac Hill, the museum of Central Australia and the Todd River (in the dry). We don't think we would like to be in Alice in the "wet" the rivers at the moment are all sandy and dry - but there are enormous bridges across them for when the rains hit.
We spent a day sightseeing and went to Standley Chasm and Simpson's Gap in the West MacDonnell Ranges. The scenery was great but unfortunately there had been an enormous storm through there a month or two ago and the path had been washed away. We were walking through pebbles and rocks following the riverbed. It some parts it was easy other parts a bit more challenging.
The second caravan park was a bit further out of town but had the East MacDonnell ranges as its backdrop - very stunning.
On the way North we passed through The Tropic of Capricorn - it's officially the line where the desert meets the tropics.
Tonight we are in Ti Tree a small township around 190 kilometres North of Alice Springs. It is already warmer and we are enjoying it!!
Tomorrow we head to Barrow Creek.
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