Saturday 3 August 2013

Simpson Desert to The Alice

You would think that after the Simpson anything after that would be easy but nooooo - you would be wrong. The trip up to the Alice where we are now was not so pleasant - Corrugationsssssssss and blowouts were the reasons for our nightmares. It took us four days in the desert averaging about 15-18kph  and the roads after it were about the same - you can either go at 80kph and try to float over the bumps or go a it slower and not do so much damage. We did the latter but still did the damage. It took us 2 days to drive out of the desert and the second night after 3 flat tyres we arrived at 9pm and stayed in a motel!!! We needed it.

This is just a sample Of the kms of corrugations

There are quite a few places of dreams that have vanished and sad tales of loss - this one at Bloods Creek shows what was and what is now.
And a story  of tragedy
Still the beautiful flowers kept appearing
A familiar sight on this long day
Finke - an aboriginal community at the end of the desert - also a place of former glory when the Ghan travelled past - this big water tank and crane from bygone days
Finally  some clean clothes in Alice Spriings
We will spend a couple of days here - we may revisit some of the things we have enjoyed before when we were here first in Karumba days -1973 and then again in Mt Isa days with the kids in 1995. The Overland Telegraph Station is a must - so interesting. After that we are heading west again along the Gunbarrel Highway to  the west coast. We hear it's a tough road - lots of corrugations - ha ha!!

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