Alice Springs

 Alice Springs

What a lovely day we’ve had doing nothing in particular but relaxing. After a late breakfast and catching up on computer business, we headed into town for a browse around the shops. Have to say not a great variety of shops to look at. Bought the odd souvenir for the grandkiddies, just couldn’t help ourselves. After a relaxing lunch back at the van, we headed out to visit the Old Telegraph Station. It was the first place in Australia that telegraph was received and relayed on to around Australia. It was full of lots of memorabilia, info of the times and was very interesting.

The caravan park we are staying at has something organised every night if you wish to go. Last night we missed the talk on flora and fauna of the area and tonight we were going to miss the cheese and wine – bring your own wine. It’s funny how things turn out. We arrived back at the van park about 5.45 and who knows why, we decided to join in for the last half hour. We were talking to some people when a loud voice exclaimed “oh my God, Brian Black” It was Ross McCormick’s sister and her husband, Lynette and Ray. It turns out they are doing almost the same trip as us, so had a lovely time catching up and finding out all the goss. No doubt we will run into them along the way. What a small world (for those who don’t know, Ross was Brian’s best friend from the time they were little)