Category: Central Australia

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  Holiday at Home in Alice

  Author Toni Ryland ◦ DAY 1 ◦ Today was the first day of my “Holiday at Home in Alice”. Because there are lots of positive things about living here. There are still many things I’d like to see and do… Continue reading

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  Camp Dogs and Beanies

  Author Andrew Turner ◦ Oh nooo… it’s that time of year again… Yes, I know… Alice Springs Beanie Festival — 25-28 June 2021 Do you remember that day when our dads got us to model their bush beanies…? Yeah… it… Continue reading

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  Boiled Eggs and Budgies…

  Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ It’s Friday evening, I’m doing my check of what I’ll need for tomorrow’s outing… shirt and shorts with lots of pockets, warm socks, dirty boots (as I haven’t polished them from… Continue reading

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  CBC… fostering

  Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ Drop them off at the creche, pick them up as a teenager… It’s coming up to 1800 hours  (6 pm) and I’m sitting outside waiting, it’s very quiet as I haven’t… Continue reading

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  I don’t like heights and I’m going up in a balloon???

  Author Dorothy L. ◦ Music playing from my phone, it’s 03.30 and time to get up! Today is my balloon ride with Outback Ballooning! I’m out of bed but am I awake? Hopefully a tepid shower will set things right.… Continue reading

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  Coober to the Coast

  Author DaQua ◦ Part 3 ◦ White Fella in a Hole Pulling out of Coober Pedy there were two options – turn right and it would be 689 km back to Alice Springs – turn left and I would be… Continue reading

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  Day Two (Coober Pedy)

  Author DaQua ◦ Part 2 ◦ Faith Goes Underground and So Do I All sense of time and season, (and I daresay reason, for some), is lost when you are in a Dug Out. There is no light of day… Continue reading

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  Alice to Auburn – the Audacity of Adventure

  Author DaQua ◦ Part 1 ◦ Telling the family “You are going where?”— “Auburn, South Australia” “From Alice?”— “That’s right.” “How”— “I am driving.” “On your own?”— ” Yes, that’s right too.” “When?”— “When I am sorted.” “How long will… Continue reading

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  Alice’s Hidden Oasis

  Travelling around Australia, we have stumbled across many special places to stay, an oasis where our soul can rest and rejuvenate… from the special silence of camping in the Carnarvon Gorge (Queensland), to the sound of sheep outside the cottage… Continue reading