Its bloody hot in the middle of Australia - and there are enough flies. Completely understand why the Aussies have corks on their hats to keep the little buggers away. Not much to report on the town - its completely isolated with 1000s of kilometres surrounding it before you get anywhere else of note (not dissimilar to Norwich then...) There are lots of Aboriginees hanging around getting drunk and some particularly miserable locals, who mostly seem to work at our hostel
Ayers Rock though is pretty amazing. We've booked a day trip there and back with a company called Emu Run, and its a great day out. Early start though, but the guys who are driving us the 500km are a good laugh and really informative. They've also got lots of snacks and iced water which is really good as its the hottest day ever - must be abut 42 degrees. Sunset is fantastic - the colours changing through red, brown, while the guys treat us to a BBQ and endless champagne. A top day out, even though its a 1000km round trip!
The rest of the time we spend in Alice doing not a lot, but enjoying the sunshine as Cairns, where we're headed next, is experiencing huge floods!
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