Days 3 and 4 Alice Springs

Friday 13th and Saturday 14th April.
We decided to be tourists for these two days , it was actually pouring with rain Friday, so it was not much of a day for sight seeing.. We toured around the shopping precinct, and looked at some of the features of Alice springs. These included the Royal Flying doctor Museum, ( they make good coffee there) and a trip up to Anzac Hill which gave us a spectacular view of Alice Springs back to Heavitree Gap.

For once we are both in a photo thanks to an obliging tourist

Saturday we again visited local sights. The stand out for us was the 40 min hike up thecreek bed to view the Standley Chasm.An amazing formation, dripping in Cycad ferns. These beautiful, almost prehistoric ferns, covered the walls all the way up to the chasm.The sight was enough to make any gardners green thumbs itch.

We also visited Simpson's Gap and the Dessert Park. This is a botanical garden made up entirely of indigenous flora and fauna of the four dessert systems in the area. These four being the Dandy plains, the grass plains, the woodlands and the dry underground creek beds and water holes. Each themed area had anaviary with the birds found in that area and also a nocturnal house which housed the many reptiles and small mammals of the area.

P.S. One of these two photos are a where's Paul, let me know if you find him and which of the features we visited today he is located at.
Up tomorrow morning early to head off along the TANAMI TRACK. Our real adventure is about to start!