Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Driving the Outback: Tenant Creek to Alice Springs

Notes & Pictures only; more narrative to come.

Drove Tenant Creek to Alice Springs

The Devils' Marbles
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The tracks of the Ghan (train from Adelaide to Darwin, just completed 2004 after more than a century of promise)

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The Table Lands
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Outback Rest Stop
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Australian State Police
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Former Telegraph Station
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Bought piece of aborigine art at Red Sands Gallery in Ti Tree; done by an aborigine woman artist from the Utopia Community.

Arrived Alice about 3 PM. Peter spent several hours at Internet CafĂ© trying vainly to “catch up,” but connection was frustrating slow for uploading photos. Therese did self-guided historical tour (see some photos below.)


Alice Springs (Self-Guided Historical Walking Tour)
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The Residency
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Reception at the MacDonnell Range Caravan Park (where we had private loos with showers). What luxury!
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Gallahs outside the car rental agency in Alice Springs
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Dinner at Red Ochre: Peter had Kangaroo steak cooked rare, which was quite good, camel which was gristly, and Emu sausage which was excellent. Therese had prawns cooked with fresh vegetables and bush mint flavoring; it was nothing special.

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