A Town Like Alice

By now we were a week past our halfway mark of our Big Adventure - where had the last 15 or so weeks gone?
Although the drives in the Outback are long you barely see another car and the roads are straight, wide and well sealed so driving is not such a problem and average speeds are easily maintained.  Also with 2 of us driving it never seemed too bad or tiring.
We stayed at a campsite near the centre of Alice and spent the first day seeing the local sights - Flying Doctor Service, School of the Air, Anzac Hill and the Old Telegraph Station which is where and why Alice Springs was established - it was a relay station on the overland telegraph line between Adelaide and Darwin.

 The second day was spent admiring and walking in the East McDonnell Ranges and the third day in the West McDonnell Ranges. 

 We walked to see numerous gorges and water holes and natural rock features.  We swam in one waterhole - the warnings were to be careful as it was extremely cold.  The authors of the warnings obviously haven't swum outdoors in England!

The campsite in Alice had a pool which we used much to the amazement of a local lady.  She was wrapped up in jeans etc saying it was getting quite chilly now - we were sweltering in 28 degrees!