20 May 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Time for another big clean-up: laundry, car interior, hot shower, etc. We then drive around town to find a garage for Troopy\u2019s big service (and replace the fusible link, though my MacGyver trick has so far been reliable), get to the tourist information centre and later find out Walkabout.be has been compromised. A virus apparently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
You may have noticed the blog entries for the past three months, the photos and all your comments had disappeared. Well at least I hope some of you have noticed, it shows I have SOME readers, lol. Anyways, I sincerely apologize for this; I myself had lost all communication means for a month. No email, no blog. We\u2019re back online now (May 19th) and it\u2019s business as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So anyways, back to Alice. After a nap and a quick drive to Alice\u2019s famous Todd Mall, we decide to have dinner at Bojangles. Now, this is an institution. Sadly I have no pictures to show you, but you must imagine a saloon bar very much like the ones in the Clint Eastwood and John Wayne movies, with a touch of Crocodile Dundee. The walls are decorated with bull horns, cowboy hats, crocodile skulls and skins, and all sort of desert artefacts such as road signs riddled with bullet holes or the odd 1950 Holden rusty wreck in the corner. A must see if you\u2019re in town. And the music is just as epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crocodile steak, kangaroo fillet and Pavlova for desert. What could be more authentic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thursday, May 10th, it\u2019s been over 15.000k since Troopy\u2019s last major service, I only changed the filters a month ago it\u2019s time for a big one. Half a day later, Troopy\u2019s been greased, fluids have been flushed and replaced, filters are new. On the road again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We walk back to town to do the Heritage Walk, only to find out it\u2019s all too late at 4PM, everything is closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday, May 11th. Alice Springs has opened a decade ago its very own \u201cDesert Park\u201d which is a concentrate of what the outback and the deserts have to offer. From wild birds to kangaroos, to emus and nocturnal wildlife, the park is a great experience. We spend all day walking along the animas enclosures and learning about the native plants, which makes a great explanation for all we\u2019ve seen for the past month. A lot more make sense now.
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\nGreat park, highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to the caravan park, we suddenly realise it\u2019s Friday. This means all locals gather up at the barbecue area, drink a lot and shout a lot more. There\u2019s even a Ted Egan concert next door.
\nAt 3AM, the drunk neighbour wakes us up, while shouting obscenities to his just as drunk wife, who\u2019s hiding out in the bush, obviously frightened by her rude and abusive husband. At 6AM he eventually shuts up and we finally fall asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nice and quiet caravan park my ass\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Distance to-day: 142km, total: 16567km.\u2003<\/p>\n\n\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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