On the Road to Nowhere

Friday 29th December 2006 An early start to drive the monstrosoty of a stretch of road or two from Alice Springs to Kings Canyon some 400km or so. our car was an automatic so requires a little less thinking, this is only a good thing for the english who can not get to grips with the australian rules of roundabouts – don’t signal when going straight ahead on a roundabout and give way to the right. I seem to also like to indicate with my windscreen wipers. Fantastic! Some 400km or so, some 6 plus hours later on the road to nowhere or what could have easily been nowhere (although the terrain was amazing and it’s a really stunning drive to witness this vast landscape), we rolled up almost melted (a/c saved the day) and flopped out at our next “resort” – Kings Canyon. Not alot here apart from a canyon and a resort, I seem to have lost the King but definatelty looking forward to seeing the Canyon tomorrow. Accomodation was very much similar to the last place, small swimming pool which didn’t really tempt me, small shop which we had to try out – how much was that milk in the window and a small petrol station, how much was that petrol that we had to put in the car? Probably best if you don’t ask. But sometimes a girl needs her tea and sometimes a car needs its petrol. Its fantastic being in such a remote place, one road in one road out, they’re not different roads though, nothing here but the landscape, its just a great feeling, even the really hot dry air makes it feel so Australian. I had always wanted to come to this area of the world and now I am finally here, it feels real, it feels how it should be, it feels great.