When I uploaded these photos we were at Three Ways Roadhouse, just north of Tennant Creek. Then my Telstra connection dropped out. Now we're in Mount Isa and it's 36 degrees. That's hot in a caravan.
Three Ways was the highest point in the NT that we travelled. At Three Ways we turned east and headed into Qld. The highlight of the drive from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek was Kalu Kalu (Devils' Marbles). There's hundreds (maybe thousands) of these rockes stacked on top of each other, right next to the roadside. They were pretty cool.
We enjoyed Alice Springs. There was a massive thunderstorm on the first day we were there, and we just got the annex up in time. It was a triumph of teamwork and no cross words were exchanged (bah to the marriage tester!). We hung out in Todd Mall, did a fair bit of shopping at Coles (a long time since we'd seen a decent supermarket!), and spent a day in the West MacDonnell Ranges. We saw a bit of the sadder side of life in Alice, lots of indigenous people camped in the riverbed, which started flowing after the rain so we don't know where they went then. Lots of people lined up at the grog shop at 2pm on the dot when it opened. There was a riot at the local footy grand final but luckily we didn't come across any aftermath of that.
Anyway, we're into our 4th state, heading to Longreach tomorrow and then finally onto the coast. Looking forward to a swim in the ocean!
