Sunday 17 & Monday 18 June 2012 Alice Springs

Trip Meter Reading Start – 3199            Trip Meter Reading Finish – 3305
Total Km Travelled – 106km

Fuel Costs & Consumption

Zero

Comments -  Luke Baker

Sunday, I went to the BMX track within the caravan park; I tried to do a stunt on my bike but failed and fell off and graised my leg. I also went on the gian jumping pillow and hurt my knee doing summersalts.
Monday, I went to see the Emily and Jessee gaps where they had aboriginal caterpillar paintings on the rock.  We also saw the Corroboree rock where the aboriginals have there ceremonies; the rock is 800 million years old.
Comments Mum and Dad
Today we did nothing....why? Because we needed to stop and take a breath.  No travelling hundreds of kilometres to look at rocks....we just kicked back, caught up on phone calls, emails and enjoyed the Big 4 McDonnell Ranges Park.
Monday, we headed east approx 12 km to view parts of the East MacDonnell Ranges via the Ross Highway.  This road is sealed to the Ross River Resort 90 km east of Alice Springs.
At the Emily and Jessie Gaps; Corroboree Rock, the culture and history of Eastern Arrernte Aboriginal people is interpreted.  Custodians of the aboriginal rock engravings (petroglyphs) say that the circule and feather designs are connected with a Caterpillar Dreaming story.
Back into Alice, we ventured through the Mbantua Fine Art Gallery and Cultural Museum to explore the culture behind the art movement and aboriginal culture of Central Australia.  The Gallery promotes aboriginal art and culture and works in harmony with the traditional people to keep their culture alive.
More importantly, we met up at Bojangles with the Tarplee family for some lunch and a couple of coldies.  The pub has a stack of memorabilia including a live carpet python at the bar; even the toilets were interesting with their razor blades and barb wire resin seats and taps the turned on water at the basin 4 rows down.