Saturday 27th July 2013 – Renehan’s Bore to Alice Springs

Five degrees this morning.  We woke at 6:15 and it was still pitch black – well not quite the moon was still out and there were stars.  Needless to say we stayed in bed a bit longer.

Back on the road for 30 km and we called in to Chilla Well.  We had read somewhere that this was a good spot for bird watching.  We found an abandoned Aboriginal Outstation but no birds.  

Chilla Well

 Next stop was the Aboriginal community of Yuendumu where we though we would check out the Arts Centre.  Not on a Saturday!  The art centre was closed.  We found the community a little depressing.  Rubbish and dead cars everywhere.

Tillmouth Well Roadhouse a bit further down the track was a different story.  A nice grassed area out the back to eat our ‘burger with the lot’.  A restaurant, caravan park and accommodation.  We took on enough fuel to get us to Alice Springs (we had put in the jerry can last night).  The landscape has changed again with the West MacDonald Ranges to our right.

West MacDonald Ranges

Arrived at Denise’s house (friend of Karen) and set up the camper in the front yard.  Did a load of washing, had showers and went out to dinner at Taste of India – very nice.