The time has come and Alice Springs has been buzzing with people and the sound of motorbikes for the last week. Everyone, even the locals, are only talking about one thing, 'The Finke Desert Race'. They say the population of Alice Springs double and it's when the aboriginals are actually outweighed by the amount of whites around! The Finke Desert Race has been going since 1975 and originally was a race only for motorbikes, but in recent times it now has off road...

Well it's been a month in between blogs and things have been going very smooth here in Alice Springs. It's also starting to get very bloody cold!! The jumper is on from four in the arvo and the heater and electric blankets are on all night. This desert winter is the only thing l'm really not liking in Alice and Marty is so over hearing me whinge about it!! Anyway, what's happened in the month? Well Marty has started working a few days at the caravan park which h...

Very excited about today's exhibition. Have been hearing a lot of great things about this awesome place just out the road called Palm Valley. So after yet another pancake Sunday here at the caravan park, we packed our lunch and snacks and piled into the Nissan and headed off on our Sunday drive. We headed out on Larapinta Drive marveling at the West MacDonald Ranges on our left side. When l say we are going just out the road, l mean we are heading to Hermannsbu...

Well after putting in some mammoth hours at the hospital working over the last few weeks we decided to head out for the day and have some sight seeing. We packed a picnic lunch and headed out the East MacDonald Ranges. Just out on the Ross Highway, not far at all, we arrived at our first stop, Emily Gap. Emily Gap is the first of many sacred aboriginal sites along the East MacDonald Ranges and form the start of the 'caterpillar' which is part of the dreamtime sto...

Well week two of Alice Springs has been great..... Settling in and getting our routine happening, boos school in morning and play in the arvo. We had a great Easter and had an awesome time at some local events.. Finally got work organised!!! Have done some shifts over Easter. First shift was in Emergency and l was very excited, nervous and overwhelmed all in one. I think they presumed l was an ED nurse, as they sort of left me to my own devices. Luckily l'm not ...