Thursday 22 and Friday 23 August: Chops Gets His Wheels And We Arrive At Alice Springs

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Today we are on the lands of the Arrernte people.

Before leaving Daly Waters Pub on Thursday morning, Chops was at last able to get into the driver's seat

Last night we camped at Banka Banka Station, an Indigenous owned pastoral property. As we have found throughout most of  Northern Australia, there was no mobile coverage, so we couldn't publish a blog. Even with the  Telstra esims we have bought, coverage is still very patchy.  We had an unpowered site, but we can run our fridge on gas and the lights on 12 volts off the caravan battery, so we are very comfortable.

... the little caravan at the back of Banka Banka Station


Today we have driven more than 600 km to Alice Springs. We were planning to spend the night at Wauchope, but the very dusty and unshaded roadhouse caravan park was totally unappealing.  Tomorrow we will check out Alice Spring's galleries.

Devils Marbles - on the road to Alice Springs


Red dust willy-willy

Tropic of Capricorn

Leaving the Tropical North

  1. Tracey23 August 2024 at 23:01

    How cute Chops they named a buggie after you

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  2. Lyn24 August 2024 at 10:08

    Great to be in Alice. Chops looks quite blasé about his new status of driver.

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  3. Anonymous24 August 2024 at 20:21

    Now that you’re beyond Broome what’s the theme? All roads lead to Mentone?

Location: Alice Springs NT 0870, Australia

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  1. Tracey23 August 2024 at 23:01

    How cute Chops they named a buggie after you

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  2. Lyn24 August 2024 at 10:08

    Great to be in Alice. Chops looks quite blasé about his new status of driver.

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  3. Anonymous24 August 2024 at 20:21

    Now that you’re beyond Broome what’s the theme? All roads lead to Mentone?

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