After settling at Alice, I found out that the computer part I had been waiting for had been delivered to the A. Springs Post Office where it was not accepted and so has been returned to Sydney. Not happy!!!! However after some quick phone calls and pleading the couriers have promised that it will be delivered some time Monday.
This gives us 3 full days to prepare for our run up the Tanami Track.
The M.P had mysteriously broken a door handle so this needed to be attended to. Andrea suggested a wrecker after the local Mitsubishi Dealer quoted me $360 plus a 5-day wait from either Sydney or Adelaide. The wrecker just happened to be wrecking a similar model Pajero to the model that I have, so I picked one up for $50 and fitted it myself…..$310 ahead!!!!
Our Tru-Blu friends Pete and Leanne & family were occupying the site next to us so that was great. Their eldest daughter Steph is a year older than Liv, so our 2 older girls were really enjoying some company of the same age. Leanne also had a very special espresso coffee machine which she very willingly shared with us, so that made the mornings even more enjoyable, if that was possible!!
We also used the time to finish off some sightseeing, visiting the Royal Flying Doctor headquarters and also the Alice Springs Desert Park. Both of these were excellent. The Desert Park occupied a full 5 hours of our time and gave tremendous insight into the landscape, flora and fauna of Central Australia as well as information about bush tucker and Indigenous culture and values. We all highly recommend this excursion.
After organising the food and car and computer stuff on Monday we were ready to brave the Tanami and get back to warmer climes on Tuesday.
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