Today we left Kings Canyon and drove to Alice Springs via the Mereenie loop and this was a dirt road. It took us about 4.5 hours to travel about 350 KMs because the road was so bumpy! Our only stop was at Hermannsburg. We saw the house that the famous aboriginal artist lived in. His name was Albert Namatjera. At Hermannsburg we went for lunch at a cafe in the old building. We then went for a look around the old Lutheran Mission buildings. There were old maids rooms, a church, an infectious diseases room which was an old tin shed. There was also an old school house as well. When we got back to the car we tried to unlock it but the battery was flat because we didn’t unplug the fridge. We had to get some people to help jump start our car! It was hard because we have a aVW and you have to do something different to jump start it. When we finally got the jump start cords in the right spots we had to wait for the battery to charge a little bit before we went. We stood around talking to the people that helped us and they told us that there was a place to fossick for gems in Alice springs . We then went to Alice Springs.
Tess
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Congratulations to the photographer/s! Stunning photos that bring N.T. into our office! Tess, we loved your entry about Hermannsberg and the flat battery. Glad it all worked out and other campers are always a great help aren’t they? H sounds very interesting – we haven’t been there.
Hope it’s warm in Alice Springs. We were nearly blown away yesterday with an icy wind; I wouldn’t have been surprised to see icicles in it!
Bet you are loving Alice Springs. I’m a bit confused about where you are at the moment .
Thinking of you all lots.
XX G and M
hello to all, finally back on line. Wish I was doing what u r doing, the photos and info r really gr8. The flat battery would have been a bit of a challenge out there lucky u could get going again. How did u like Alice Springs? I really liked Alice. Miss u all, Lots of Love Nan/Mumxxxxxx