After being becalmed for 5 days at Charters Towers we have taken off with a vengeance!On Monday we headed west with stops at Richmond,Camooweal,Mt Isa, and Tennant Creek before arriving here at Alice Springs yesterday-nearly 2000 kms.Here we are in the "red centre" and have done some walks today at the Tryphena Gorge in the East McDonnell Ranges.As we headed west from CT the tiny country towns along the way were some of the highlights-we are left to scratch heads as to how they survive.Much of the driving has been on long straight roads with little to observe.We have been listening to cds along the way and are half way thru an Australian novel on cd.Wildlife has been hard to find but brolgas,emus,brumbies and wedge tail eagles have been spotted.At Camooweal we did free camping alongside
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