North from "The Alice"

This is a view of Alice Springs town centre where Christine and I stayed for a few days with Valerie and husband Nick during the first week of Feb 2000. [Clicking on any of these images should bring up a larger image. Then clicking on your browser back button will return you to the blog] We visited a number of places of interest whilst there including the Desert Park, the Telegraph Station, the Aviation Museum and the Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment.
We couldn't leave Alice without paying a visit to the Anzac memorial which is shown on the left with the view of Alice from the memorial shown below.
 Leaving Alice Springs, we travelled North on the Stuart Highway, passing over the Tropic of Capricorn . The road seemed to stretch on interminably into the distance with very little but scrubland to either side, until eventually we came across an unusual rock formation known as "the Devil's Marbles". (See below.) Naturally we had to stop for a photo call.
Time seems to be getting away from me just lately and I am aware that it is almost 3 weeks since my last posting so I thought I had better get this latest instalment out for you to see. With regard to the 2010 trip I have now confirmed bookings for the campervan requirements which will enable me to do the travelling I want. This is going to make a big hole in my wallet but I feel sure that it will be worth it. One other bit of news, not related to the Aus trip but, I was due to take a tandem Sky-Dive yesterday, (a 65th birthday present from Samantha- I told you she had designs on the house!!) however, the weather was not good enough so have had to re-shedule for Friday 16th April.