Alice Springs

We were up bright and early and headed to the airport for a 6:30am flight to Alice Springs which connected in Sydney. As expected, both Erin and I were excited to get into the Qantas Lounge and feast on some of the breakfast food and drinks which we did in Auckland as well as in Sydney during our lay-over. Arriving in Alice Springs we walked off the airplane to 35 degree Celsius (95 degree) sun. It was great!


We proceeded to do a little exploring and shopping around town and looked for an Opal. My mom bought an Opal when she was in Australia as they are mostly mined in Australia (97%). We spent quite a long time in the shop speaking with the owner who was following the Red Sox in the playoffs and previously worked in Washington DC for a couple of years. We left empty handed, but at a couple other stores we were able to pick up some fly masks (wait until day 2 and you'll see pictures).

We bought some beer, water, sunscreen, bug spray, and some granola (muesli) bars and then headed back to our hotel. We had dinner at the hotel and went to bed early as we had an early pick up the next day by Wayoutback Tour to begin our Outback adventure.

On another note, both Erin and I completed our absentee ballots today in our private voting booth in our apartment and they will be mailed tomorrow. Also, I had my first touch rugby game of the season tonight.