THIRTYSEVENTH DAY – SATURDAY 14TH AUGUST
Graeme woke me up early to see the sunrise. There were lots of fluffy clouds which created an amazing effect. The sky looked like it was on fire. We then packed up and left our ouchie, spikey place and had breakfast at Emily Gap. We then ventured back into Alice Springs to get some more supplies for the next few days. Graeme bought a painting of an aboriginal lady in the street, then we went and checked out ‘The Oldtimers Fete’ which seemed very popular as there were hundreds of people there. We looked around and realized that most of the stalls were food stalls – foods from different countries. We really didn’t want food and there were a few other craft, book and bric-a-brac stalls that we had a quick look at. There really wasn’t much that we were interested in. It seemed like a meeting place for the locals to catch up and have a chat and eat. We decided to check out the Alice Springs Reptile Park which claimed to be the largest in NT. It was great. There were many different types of reptiles on display and we even got to touch and hold some of them. I held a bearded dragon while Graeme held a big blue tongue lizard and we both got to hold a very big snake called Zeus. There was also a very friendly goanna called Spencer – after Frank Spencer. We topped up the tank with fuel then off we headed south from Alice. We travelled for about 100 km and found a pretty good camping spot near Finke River. We had a look along the river and Graeme collected some nice red gum logs for the fire.