This morning we said goodbye to 3 couples from Qld (Brian & Val, John & Adele, Stu & Jean) who were having a couple of days R & R in Alice before going home via the Simpson Desert. 3 lovely couples who we got to know quite well & were always very helpful with little tips and advice about 4WD driving & camper tips. So after our farewells we headed into Alice Springs.
Alice Springs is an interesting place & has a lot of interesting characters. After having a very civilised lunch of sausage rolls we headed to the toilets where we had to pay 50cents to use. They were definately clean and secure with two burly security guards on the door but we don't have this in Victoria and it caused some amusement for us. We had to wait until 2pm for the bottle shops to open. Alcohol can only be bought between 2-7pm in Alice Springs so the Thristy Camel bottle shop had a queue of My Swaggers waiting to restock so we could get to Ross River.
We stayed at Ross River Resort, resort is probably a bit of a stretch but the camp ground is set in some beautiful surroundings and the toilets are clean which was more than we had for fine past couple of days. Ross River is part of the East McDonnell Ranges.
A nice lazy afternoon was to be had, which we were all needing.
Last night was the camp oven cook off. Everyone provided something which they cooked via a camp oven in the hot coals or a webber. Feast began with Greek Marinated lamb strips with fresh bread, then chops & mash, chicken korma then roast lamb with beautiful roast veggies. Dessert was by far the best, home made Nutella donuts & apple crumple! Delicious.
Late night around a roaring fire perfect end to another great day.
Today's blog was written by Di
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