(photos: desert spider, Hil at Emu Walk)
22 Sept Sat
Had a delicious breakfast of the last of the eggs and some of Bob’s leftover steak from last night and packed up. Said goodbye to the enormous (4”) spider who lives between our screen door and sliding glass door in our kitchen and is always in a different place when you try to go outdoors. Packed up the car and started east towards the Stuart Highway that runs from Darwin to Adelaide. We passed lovely rippled red sand dunes, the flat-topped mesa of Mt Conner and arrived at Erldunda, at the intersection of the highways. In this empty, lonely land, every homestead and gas station rates a name on the map! This place was a classic with gas, giant model of an Echidna in a cage, souvenirs, full bar, and great hotdogs. We revived ourselves and continued north, finally picking up a radio station 100 miles out of Alice and caught up on the Footy finals.
After 400 km, we arrived in Alice Springs and checked into the A.S. Resort, our last Voyages hotel. Very nice room overlooking the Todd Riverbed. Hilary and I decided to walk into town while Bob cleaned up and watched a little TV. The downtown is quite nice with bookshops and cafes. We were looking for a particular fabric shop that specializes in local botany prints, but found that most of the shops sensibly close early on Saturday. We retuned to the resort and, as I was feeling gin-deprived, I retired to the pool and inhaled a G ‘n’ T. At seven we drove downtown and had dinner at Oscar’s. Chili and garlic prawns and salads; not as good as QC, but pretty good.
Had a delicious breakfast of the last of the eggs and some of Bob’s leftover steak from last night and packed up. Said goodbye to the enormous (4”) spider who lives between our screen door and sliding glass door in our kitchen and is always in a different place when you try to go outdoors. Packed up the car and started east towards the Stuart Highway that runs from Darwin to Adelaide. We passed lovely rippled red sand dunes, the flat-topped mesa of Mt Conner and arrived at Erldunda, at the intersection of the highways. In this empty, lonely land, every homestead and gas station rates a name on the map! This place was a classic with gas, giant model of an Echidna in a cage, souvenirs, full bar, and great hotdogs. We revived ourselves and continued north, finally picking up a radio station 100 miles out of Alice and caught up on the Footy finals.
After 400 km, we arrived in Alice Springs and checked into the A.S. Resort, our last Voyages hotel. Very nice room overlooking the Todd Riverbed. Hilary and I decided to walk into town while Bob cleaned up and watched a little TV. The downtown is quite nice with bookshops and cafes. We were looking for a particular fabric shop that specializes in local botany prints, but found that most of the shops sensibly close early on Saturday. We retuned to the resort and, as I was feeling gin-deprived, I retired to the pool and inhaled a G ‘n’ T. At seven we drove downtown and had dinner at Oscar’s. Chili and garlic prawns and salads; not as good as QC, but pretty good.
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