We really enjoyed our stay in Alice Springs. Originally we were going to stay 3 nights, but extended it to 5 nights. We stayed at a Big 4 Caravan Park. Big 4 parks are like the Rolls Royce of caravan parks, all the facilities you need, and then the extras, like go carts, jumping pillows, water slides, free pancakes…
Alice Springs was full of fun and quirky museums. The newly opened Megafauna Central was my favourite. The Old Ghan Museum was a close second. The boys really enjoyed visiting The School of Air.
Venturing out from Alice Springs, we took a day trip out to Standley Chasm and Simpsons Gap, both we’re fantastic. We had a lovely local man named Kevin guide us through the Standley Chasm walk. He gently guided us through all the edible foods in the walk, and showed us the River Gum Tree, which, if you put your ear to it, can hear the sounds of the water travelling through the earth below. I liked the Bush Tomato best, which grows wild in sandy dirt. (Stay tuned- Coles has just signed on to start selling them). Not so keen on trying Witchetty Grub though- raw or cooked.
Bush tomato sounds delicious!!
The big 4 caravan parks sounds like fun. I only recently heard about them as I went to do a sales pitch to them for work.
I wouldn’t be able to eat a witchetty grub either.