Alice Springs is a lovely clean town and even though this was our third time here we still enjoyed looking around and seeing the changes that had been made. We stayed in a lovely bushy caravan park and met some interesting people but were happy to be heading off along the road again. As we wanted to go on the Gunbarrel Highway we had to get permits for part of the route from the Aboriginal communities we would pass through. These gained we set off south and retraced a bit of our journey to get back on the road to the Gunbarrel.
The Todd Riverbed in the dry - in the wet it is often a raging torrent. It is just beyond the roof of the building in the pic below
The National Transport Museum is a must for those interested in the progress of transport through the last century. These are some of the many there. Some have been rejuvenated to their former glory and they have a whole yard hoping their turn will come.
On the road south we revisited the Henbury Meteorite craters. these amazing holes are huge even though the meteorites that hit were no bigger than a 44gal drum but travelling at 40 000mph they would have made an amazing sight. This happened about 4000 years ago and changes over that time have been minimal.
The main crater
A smaller crater
The Water crater with very different vegetation from the others
Our route also included a return for us to Uluru and the Olgas. On the way there we enjoyed Mt Connor again - often mistaken for Uluru - and an amazing salt lake that we were wowed by and of course more beautiful wild flowers and animal tracks.
Mt Connor at sunset
Mt Connor next day - we camped beside the road in a little camp area not far from this spot
More gorgeous animal tracks
The salt lake
From here it wasn't far to Uluru and the Olgas - not much to say - again the pics tell the story - always awe inspiring
Many people still climb even though they're asked not to.
Uluru from the Olgas viewing platform
Had never seen this unique Upside Down Plant
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