Free pancakes for breaky at the Big4 started the day, with the girls quickly running off with their new friends to ride pedal carts around the park. That provided time for the mums to head to the Todd Markets which were very cool with lots of alternative stalls, not your usual soaps and candles market this one. Heading back to the park to pry the kids apart we decided to look around Alice. Lunch downtown and a quick stop at a bookshop to stock up before the d...

The sunrise was equally as impressive from the lookout we had camped from and after sorting out our a accommodation for the night in Alice we headed off, agreeing to meet the family again once we got there. We headed toward Alice and tried to check out a few more gorges along the way but they all required a bit of 4WDing so ended up having a quick look at Ellery creek, then we couldn't find parking at Stanley Chasm so headed to Simpsons Gap. It was an easy wa...