Day 31: Alice Springs Today was spent at a much slower pace. Darren and I are still recovering so we thought it best to do activities in town as we have a big drive again tomorrow. The first attraction we visited was the Reptile Park. It's no Australia Zoo but it occupied us for a while. The reptile park is established in an old house with mostly geckos, lizards and snakes with a crocodile thrown in for good measure. We again sat through an information tal...

Day 30: Alice Springs (Palm Valley) Today is Sunday and I know that because we were treated to a free pancake breakfast by the staff at MacDonnell Ranges caravan park. It was really yummy too, made even better by the fact that I didn't have to cook them. Darren was keen to check it out as he and his sisters have discussed doing something similar at Kiama, so here's some figures: The most pancakes made in a morning is 920; Each bucket makes 100 pancakes; The...

Day 29: Alice Springs Today marks 4 weeks since we left our humble abode. Don't think I have ever been on such a long holiday. Darren was awake before dawn, partly because he wanted to watch the olympic opening ceremony and partly because he wasn't feeling well. I'm generally not known for being selfish and sharing my cold with my husband is no exception. Luckily I'm on the other side of it so we don't have both of us down and out at the same time. We were ...