Day 5 – Alice Springs

On August 10^th we traveled only 150km. Most of the day we just chilled out in Alice Springs eating cakes, sending postcards and booking tickets to New Zealand.

Alice is very touristy with shopping centers, tourist shops, tour bookings, etc. Seems like no one is working here for real… There are plenty of aboriginal people, who stay in groups and walk pass us, as we do not exist. They all look sick, depressed and a bit disorientated – people that just waste time on the streets. Many of them are limping and having extra weight. And they do seem to look for more alcohol… Don’t even know, whether to sympathize or simply accept their choice…

Around 4pm we left for a one-two hour drive towards Tennant Creek and stopped for the first time at the organized camping spot with 5 other caravans. Nice campfire, cigars and road train hunting – those were the highlights of the evening. We discussed Andriy’s triathlon training and half iron man competitions. It’s actually a nice sport that I really feel like trying… Maybe I should move to Australia for this… J