Today we left not long after sunrise, to get a lot of kilometres done today, after all the lost time from yesterday. its good to see a good sunrise now and then
We stopped at Tennant Creek for fuel and morning tea, posed for photos at Devil's Marbles/ Karlu Karlu and Barrow Creek for lunch (no one tried to abduct and murder us fortunately) and we checked out the old Telegraph Station there. David and Brenda went into the Barrow Creek store and asked for an drumstick ice cream, and got told 'It's Winter, it's too cold to eat ice creams, so we don't have the freezer on for ice creams!' Okay!
From there we headed to Alice Springs in the late afternoon, and filled up with fuel, and also ventured into Bunnings, 5 minutes before closing time for a plumbing part to cap the shower water tank. on the return trip from Nhulunbuy, a rock smashed through some of the pipework under the bus meaning i cant catch the shower water into the tank. it just dumps on the ground which has been ok till now, but in a caravan park its frowned upon. waste water etiquette etc. When we pulled into the caravan park, we got totally parked in and surrounded by others checking in after us, and we couldn't move until they did, and then one campervan almost wiped out the side of the bus as they drove off (clearly new to driving the campervan and have no idea of its size, as they also parked so close to us, they couldn't get out their door!)
A quiet evening and we have been adjusting to the sudden drop in temperature, from 32 degrees yesterday, to 15 degrees today. We could see evidence of recent rains and the area was so green, and looks completely different to last year, especially at the Devil's Marbles. We also saw Whistling Kites using the air thermals to float so seamlessly in the sky, and Acacia trees in full flower so prolific, that it looked like it was a plantation of them. Trying to make the most of this amazing part of our country that we so rarely get to experience and enjoy. even though we are on a tight schedule to get back, and we are expressing though a lot of the places we spent more time in last year. there's still more to see next time ... oh and there still fireworks going off in alice tonight...
