Do shopping Malls spoil country towns?In the case of Alice Springs they definatley do,it was not what I was expecting its certainly changed a lot since Nevil Shutes day,progress?As we stayed in the carvan site from hell we free camped to Mount Isa,no managers with attitude to condend with!We crossed the Tropic of Capricorn just outside Alice,met a guy who had been travelling since 1953!the evening was a lot warmer so wine time was outside .Wycliffe Well is a beautiful oasis that has a 10 acre lake it was one of the first places in Oz that could sell water 1 penny a gallon.Its also famous for its regular alien sightings 2 weeks previous 2 people saw strange happenings on the highway!the walls of the shop are adorned with newspaper clippings and stories we had no such luck though.We stayed a few nights at the Devils Marbles which are huge boulders that appear to balance (or is it aliens)when the sun rises and sets the colours are spetacular.Ive become very good at cooking rice on the camp fire in the billy seems to taste so much better.Everyone we spoke to seemed to be heading to Darwin but we turned east at Three Ways heading for Queensland we had no cars in front and nothing behind us !we began to wonder if there was something we should know!The Barkly Highway is the most boring road ever!it makes the Nullaboor seem like a scenic paradise thank goodness we have loads of cd's and thte ipod.They police set up a road block opposite our camp at Avon downs never a dull moment,though we must have looked honest we were waved through.Civilisation our first town Camooweal I thought I might stock up on a few goodies but $8.60 for packet of assorted bickies I thought better of it.We are here now in Mount Isa for 4 days,Barney is having a bath and groom tomorrow,Ive been to the hairdressers today and I cut Jeffs hair with the clippers so we will all be looking spruced up!!After here who knows we can't decide off to Townsville or up to the Gulf of Carpenteria decisions decisions,what a hard life!
Aliens?
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