We left Alice Springs today after an enjoyable 4 days, although I would have to say rather confronting at times. The issue re our indigenous Australians is very complicated and for those of us from down south where the issue is hidden (for want of a better world) it’s certainly eye opening. In the next two months we are going to travel in places where there are warnings to be extremely careful in locations with high indigenous populations, especially townships in WA. Hopefully a bit of humour and our good nature combined with a fair degree of diligence will get us through safely.

After leaving Alice we travelled up the Stuart Hwy to Ti Tree for brunch before heading on to Wauchope and the Devils Marbles Hotel. We free camped out the front of the Hotel (with half of Australia it seemed) at no cost and enjoyed a meal in the pub. We came out to a beautiful sunset, once again the photo does not truely show the colours. It was a long day at nearly 400 K’s, we all slept reasonably except when the road trains came thundering past at 120 K’s, you certainly knew when they were around.