Up and out from the hotel at around 8am so we had plenty of time to get to the airport. The journey there was really easy and checkin was fine except for the booking booths giving us emergency exit seats and faffing around with changing that, to be fair it was minimal. The flight to Alice Springs was good and the view out of the window was breathtaking in it's emptiness and desolation. It is a little like the surface of Mars but with trees.When we arrived in A...

In the outback and david is off to get tourist info to see he we can leave the airport and have a look around

Thanks for all the Happy Birthday wishes and the bottle of wine - David really appreciates them. Not a great birthday for him as he is still not right and I am definately not well. Hopefully in both cases a 24 hour virus.

Today started fairly early as Alex managed to swing around in bed and take up most of the room, this was swiftly followed by Elizabeth waking up and wanting into bed for snuggles. David was still sleeping in Alex's bed after a night of poor sleep and musical beds. Anyway we had breakfast in the hotel which was accompanied by a futile attempt to access their wireless system. Breakfast was good and we all ate well. The day outside was stunning so we decided to ...

Family holiday of a lifetime turned strange when two small children were found in the elephant house of Adelaide zoo. Mum, Clare, aged 34 said 'They were behaving like wild animals so we thought they belonged in the zoo'. Zoo officials commented that the girls made a good addition to the park and a number of visitors were heard to remark on their hair.Today began on the above note but to be fair it did improve. The period between waking up and leaving was tens...