Alice isn’t quite what I Expected it to be. For some reason I thought it would be more metropolitan strange because another girl I talked to thought it woul be more country small town. It’s also suprisingly green, I expected just red dirt but there is lots of vegetation. The lady I sat beside on the airplane (who I also happened to run into in the supermarket later) told me that Alice Springs is built on some kind of water basin or something so they don’t have any water restrictions! Weird because everywhere else I have been there are always restrictions and you would think that it would be worse out in the middle of the Outback.

It’s also aboriginal central, normally you very rarely see any aboriginals (or abbo’s as the locals call them – I know not politically correct) and here they are everywhere. Half the people on the street are abbo. The lady on the plane told me I should hold my breath when I pass one on the street because most of them don’t shower. They also had a bit of a campout in the middle of the dry Todd River bed. Very different from anywhere I’ve been. It’s good but there doesn’t seem to be much going on. I really can’t wait to get out on my Ayer’s Rock/Darwin tour.

Tomorrow I will climb Anzac Hill and see what else there is to be seen. Tonight is for relaxing and trying to get rid of all my excess baggage!!