Time to Travel
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
We are travelling to the Northern Territory for 17 days and celebrating my 65th birthday. John has been before when he was working for Tourism Australia, but it was more a work trip. I have never Czytaj więcej
At the Airport
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
At the Airport and not crowded here today.
Hardly any people around so check in was good until it was time to bag drop, we had our usual issue with John's bag not being recognised, Qantas staff came Czytaj więcej
Up Up and Away
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
On the plane and ready to fly. Up up and away.
Let the holiday begin.
Yeah, middle seat empty, glad we did not win the upgrade. Having 3 seats is better than business on a small plane.
Alice Springs here we come
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Looking out the window as we fly across Australia you can see how arid and vast Australia actually is the words of "I love a Sunburnt Country" comes to mind.
The area around the runway was a parking Czytaj więcej
Alice Springs Airport
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Arrived in Alice Spring after a very easy flight. The airport is very small, so it is easy to get around, locate our bags and find a taxi.
Alice Springs
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Alice Springs is a remote town in Australia’s Northern Territory, halfway between Darwin and Adelaide, both 1,500km away. It’s a popular gateway for exploring the Red Centre, the country's Czytaj więcej
Pick up our Wheels and Home
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Straight from the airport we went to the rental place to collect our wheels and home for the next 8 days.
Ready to Drive
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After watching a short video on the do's and don'ts it is time to test this monster out. Ready, set, drive, first issue blinkers on the wrong side.
Discovery Park Alice Springs
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Well that short drive was fun. Took John a little while to get used to driving the Apollo Van but all sorted now.
Home for 3 days
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We are plugged in, unpacked and set up for the next 3 days. It is quite a good caravan park, lots of facilities. It's a shame it is so far away otherwise a great place for family holidays.
Walk Around
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Sunset in Alice
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
We thought it was a nice sunset today which can be incredible here sometimes but today, just ordinary, according to management.
Hmmm a tad disconcerting
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Yum Pancakes
22 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
After dinner it was time for a treat, strawberry pancakes.
Our first night in the Motor Home
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Our first night was quite good, the temperature dropped to 3 degrees but with the air-conditioning and a doona we did not notice.
Breakfast
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Now to cook breakfast.
Sightseeing
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
On the downside we had booked ballooning over the McDonald Ranges for this morning but it was cancelled yesterday due to high winds.
What can I say 🤷 these things always happen to the Hopwood's. Czytaj więcej
Royal Flying Doctor Service
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Using hologram technology, you see and learn from Revered John Flynn the founder of RFDS. He tells you about the origins and growth of the Royal Flying Doctor Service which started in 1939.
We Czytaj więcej
Royal Flying Doctor Service
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Then it was time for the museum where you meet Alf Traeger and Nurse Kathy using interactive technology.
We stepped inside a replica RFDS aircraft I was the pilot John the patient.
This tour was Czytaj więcej
School of Air
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
The School of Air was interesting but we were only able to watch a video of a class, I was thought we would be sitting in during a class.
The School of Air was established in 1951. It was the Czytaj więcej
John Flynn's Grave
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
The grave is on a low hill at the foot of the MacDonnell Ranges. The plaque expresses a lifetime achievement in just a few lines "His vision encompassed the continent".
He established the Australian Czytaj więcej
Standley Chasm
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Standley Chasm is traditionally known as Angkerle Atwatye (the Gap of Water) and is an important cultural place of indigenous Australia that is sacred to the women’s dreaming of the Arrernte Czytaj więcej
Simpsons Gap
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Simpsons Gap is located 18 kilometres from Alice Springs, it features the towering cliffs of Simpsons Range, a permanent waterhole and opportunities to spot resident wildlife.
Simpsons Gap is also Czytaj więcej
Back at the Caravan Park
23 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
That was a full day of sightseeing. We are now back at the Caravan Park for nibbles and drinks put on by management.
Telegraph Station
24 sierpnia 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Guess what, still too windy for the ballooning so we did a little more sightseeing.
The Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve marks the original site of the first European settlement in Czytaj więcej



















































