This is an aboriginal lady collecting wichedy grubs - don't fancy them for dinner!
There were a couple of markets to visit Sunday morning but they fell very short of our Murrabit market! They had an open morning at the old telegraph station which attracted a huge crowd and there were activities and things to see plus the boys were interested to see the morse code experts at work.
We looked everywhere in town for picnic tables for our lunch but ended up back here at the park under the shade of the annex! We then thought we'd fill in an hour at the Desert Park! Well, we were there a full three hours and could have been longer as it was excellent! Darryl was in bird heaven in the aiveries and we could have sat there all day photographing the varied and beautiful birds. (Don't think Dennis was quite as enthused).
The whole park is very well organised and we saw the dingos and learnt about them - we loved the nocturnal house which was huge and enjoyed seeing everything there - especially the bilbies - they were much larger than I'd imagined.
This is a bustard - eating a mouse!! We'd seen these up at Cape York.
The birds of prey show was good though we were a little disappointed they didn't feature an eagle. We found out the eagle isn't quite trained well enough yet. We had actually witnessed our own real life birds of prey show here at the park when a black kite attacked a young parrot - and eventually he got him despite the parents trying to fight off the kite. I guess that's nature!
This is for you Spencer!
That evening we dined out at the local Tavern and enjoyed a roast meal and chat to a couple from Canberra. There was also a live reptile show and Dennis and Darryl learned about the dangers of Australian snakes and the methods of emergency care. We also saw a wild dingo lurking around - obviously hoping to find some food scraps. We often hear them howling at night.
Yesterday we did a fairly large grocery shop in preparation of our eventual moving on. Fortunately we have exclusive use of a full sized fridge right by the Greenwood camp so we can store our things easily. Yesterday afternoon we captured on camera the Ghan coming in from Adelaide which was quite a spectacle as it was pulling so many carriages - I reckon over 30. We went to the station and saw it there as well.
The Ghan at the station.
A very handsome couple 😏
Now it's Tuesday (happy birthday Greg) and we all enjoyed the free walk about the town which showed some of the historical places and told us of the stories of Alice Springs. It was really worth doing.
Then we popped around to see our van and we've more bad news!! Our part - dispatched from Brisbane Friday by Priority Toll, was lost and finally found today languishing unwanted somewhere in Adelaide!! So now it has to come from there and no one is able to tell us when that will happen! Then Craig, the repairer chap, checked the other bearing and that was showing signs of wear too so that would have collapsed as well!! That's made Dennis nervous as his van was built when ours was and if there is faulty batch, his could be too! So he's having his bearings checked and replaced Thursday just to be sure. The result of all this is it looks like we're here longer than we'd hoped! It's a long weekend coming up too and Craig is going away!! We are debating whether to head to Uluru Friday and us stay in a cabin there. It is all rather testing our patience but we have to keep positive as lots worse can happen!!
So for now, we are once again enjoying the beautiful balmy evenings here in Alice! Love to you all,
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