Day 15: Kings Canyon - Alice Springs

Up early again for the five hour drive to Alice Springs.

We did have to go back on ourselves at first to avoid the unsealed road that would have saved us around 200km. We did think about it for a few minutes as we approached it, and then thought "Nah!" and flew past in case we changed our minds.

We made sure we changed drivers every hour, whether or not we felt we could carry on. It did make a huge difference and kept us quite fresh. Good practice for the final slog over to Queensland.

Somehow, by the time we got to Alice Springs I was one thong (flip flop) down... it must have fallen out of the van on the last change over of driver. There is some one legged emu out there sporting a very fetching green gold Haviana.

We met a Dutch couple that we had seen in Uluru. They were making their way to Cairns a few days ahead of us. We looked longingly at their camper van with its air-conditioning until Sylvia explained she had caught a cold from the constant changes in temperature getting in an out of the van... we were more than happy to go back to sweating it out in Henry after that. It's good to hear we aren't the only ones that are suffering with the heat.

Oly and I went into the town centre and had a walk around. Alice Springs is large town in the centre of Australia. It is home to The School of the Air which is a correspondence school catering for the primary and early secondary education of children in remote Australia. The Flying Doctors also have a visitors centre here.

We had a quiet night in trying to catch up on the blog as we had a communication blackout in Kings Canyon. Its nice to have a break but its like putting off homework.

Em

Miles: 441km
Time: 5 hours
Location: Click Me!
Temp: 42c (still)
Music:
Manu Chao - Clandestino
Coldplay - Parachutes
Eminem - Curtain Call
Lisa Loeb - Tails