Deciding against a second night at Gem Tree we made a dash for Alice Springs. Excited to reach civilisation we grabbed a few essentials before heading out to the West MacDonnell National Park. We made our way along the main road, stopping at Simpsons Gap and the Ochre Pits. Both spectacular landscapes and just a taste of what was to come. We made camp at the Glen Helen Gorge. This was a caravan park rather than the camp ground area as we were keen to power to run...

From Devils Marbles we had intended on stopping at one of the various road houses before Alice. But with each stop we really saw nothing much to hold our interest. We stopped at Whycliffe Well, the UFO capital of Aust. This really was a brief look and one persons weird obsession into alien life and was just a bit too creepy to warrant a night. We pushed on with the idea that a stop at Gem Tree would be the best. This is a caravan park 70km inland off the Stuart H...

Devils Marbles today to camp in the conservation park. We arrived after a short drive from Tennant Creek. We are staring to notice the temperature change now but still holding out in shorts. We hesitated briefly at three ways, very tempted to head across to Queensland but our thinking remains to do the centre and save the east coast for another trip. So arrived at Devils Marbles, a collection of round boulders laid out over the landscape. These proved an exciting...

Another short drive into Tennant Creek from Banka Banka. So took the time to clean the car and van before hitting the road. It was show day in Tennant Creek so expected it to be busy. We needn't have worried the two caravan parks were virtually empty when we arrived just on lunch time. We set up and did a quick stock up at the supermarket, the only place open due to the show. The town has really nothing much to report. A big population of Aboriginal people and as...

Found a great station stay for tonight's camp as we continue our journey south. Banka Banka station is along the Stuart Highway about 150km south of Elliot. Here we set up camp just after lunch and enjoyed a walk to the lookout and wandering around the homestead and checking out the various old relics, including old farm equipment, ruined cars various sculptures. Tully made friends with the spider and was also excited to meet Don, the donkey calf. We were equally...