Alice Springs
Have you ever been to Alice Springs? Well, if you have you will know that the Alice is the heart of Australia in more ways than one. If you haven’t, then you should join the thousands of overseas visitors who regularly flock to the Alice.
You will be in awe of many things in the Alice, especially when you see how a community in the middle of Australia can, in so many ways, be a microcosm of our country.
The Alice has all the great personalities you get in the big cities. There are the talk show presenters at Radio 8HA like Adrian Renzi, or “Renz” to his friends, who are great at expressing the public indignation on issues of importance to the local community. There is, of course, the local ABC Radio Station where presenters like Breakfast Show host, Stewart Brash, start the locals thinking about the day’s big issues.
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They reckon the world is shrinking. It’s not. Far-places are still far-flung, no matter how fast your laptop starts up.
The Greyhound Bus trip from Darwin to Tennant Creek takes 13 hours and 50 minutes. You can get from Sydney to Dubai in the same time.
It’s a drag, but the options are limited. The plane used to fly daily; now it’s twice a week. There’s a train, the one John Howard built back at the turn of the century, but it’s slower than the bus. It doesn’t even stop at Tennant unless you slip the driver a carton.
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Nicko says:
Spent a year on Greyhounds - up the Hume, got to Cooktown, back down and inland to Tennant Creek via Mt Isa and Camooweal (wow), down to The Alice, Adelaide, across the hay plains, etc. Only on the last few legs did I learn how to sleep properly, and the… Read more »
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Rick says:
Mount Isa - Adelaide via Brisbane and Sydney. Got on the bus Thursday morning, got off Sunday arvo, except for the rest stops in the middle of the night and the 6-8 hour stayovers in Brisbane and Sydney. Best part was drinking 3 king browns of VB in Belmont Park… Read more »
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