About 60km before Alice Springsis a place named “ Rainbow Valley”. We were told it was a must see place.

22 km of soft wet red dirt road and wee agree it is a “must see” place.

It is a camp ground with fire places, gas BBQ's, tables and chairs under cover and patches of wild flowers. The attraction is some rock formations with various coloured rocks.

ENTRY SIGN POST

22 KM OF GRITTY MUD ROAD

 MANY COLOURED ROCK

 MUSHROOM ROCK

 ROCK ARCH

LEIGH FINDING WILD FLOWERS

A large peak and a couple of lesser peaks of coloured rocks with amazing textured surfaces.

We wandered around here for a while until it threatened to rain so we returned to the car and back ot the road. By the time we arrived back to the bitumen the car was red from the mud and there was about 10mm of red mud on the door steps and all over the trailer and back of the car.

By the time we got to Alice our rig looked like it had been in a Mad Max movie and easily would have won a worst looking vehicle in the camp ground.

We arrived in Alice the day after the coldest day temperature on record and the rain finished.

The next couple of days were fine with 20 deg days but still cool mornings..

BED OF THE FINKE RIVER IN ALICE

TODD MALL

WE ARE A LONG WAY FROM ANYWHERE

We went to a musical show last night with a trio of musicans playing different types of  didgeridoos.    and percussion bongo etc.   It was a sound and light show with outback pictures on a screen and flashing lights.

At the end all the audience get involved with clap sticks, rattles, bongos and a couple on the didgeridoo.

  

everyone really got into the theme and made lots of noise.   A very good night out.

The main musician is looking at touring soon with a show and I hope he does well.

A pair of local painters preparing a new mural in one of the shopping centers.   Projecting a picture on the canvas with an overhead projector and then tracing the outline on the surface.

A bit of rest, shopping and refill the food boxes and we are off to Tennant Creek and hopefully warmer nights and mornings. Aiming at four to five days of travel and arrival at Broome and warm sand and water at the beach