Day 3 – Tennant Creek to Alice Springs
Checked out at 8.40 am , fuelled up at United and left town around nine-ish.
A rare bend in the road!
Passed the turnoff for the Davenport Ranges and made a mental note to visit there sometime.
Got to the Devils Marbles, had a quick walk around and connected to the free Wifi there.
Next stop Wycliffe Well, the UFO Capital of Australia.
Passed Barrow Creek, then had a pitstop at Prose Gap roadside stop. This is a well set up stop with paper, soap and hot water in the toilet.
It was around 3.00 pm when we got to our accommodation in Alice Springs but again the aircon hadn’t been turned on despite the 40 degree heat, although there was cold bottled water in the fridge; Brian had to defrost the fridge before we could open the freezer compartment; there was a big dirty knife in the cutlery drawer, someone else’s food in the cupboard and yet again no suitable bowl for the microwave; but worst of all, there was no toilet paper whatsoever. To say I was upset is an understatement. I complained to reception and was offered another cabin which I declined because we’d already spent the afternoon moving into this one.
We drove into town and shopped, came back and had a swim before cooking dinner.
DRIVING AUSTRALIA 