A town called Alice

We have been on a little outing to Alice Springs and Uluru. We flew from Sydney to Alice in three hours and then rented a car. We spent one day in Alice trying to visit the Ghan train heritage museum but it was closed and hubby was very disappointed. It turned out that we were also there on one of the days when the Ghan doesn't come through Alice which was a shame. I guess we just have to do the trip by train another time. Click here to learn more about the Ghan.

Outside Alice we visited some rock paintings and a watering hole. Fortunately we had been upgraded to a four-wheel-drive car so we could drive on unpaved roads. Before leaving for Uluru the next day we visited the overland-telegraph station which told the story of the early settlers but also the sad story of the lost children (more about that another time).