Our last night in Fremantle was good. We went for those drinks with Lisa nd Dale and Gila and Pasquale, who bought us some soaps back from Bali as a thank you for looking after the cats.
After heading home with slightly fuzzy heads we spend our last night in a free room, from then on it was back to paying for the prividge of getting a bed. We flew the next day at just after midday. It took about 4 hours to get to the airport, which included the longest local train journey in the world, a once hourly bus service which we had just missed and a long, very hot walk into the airport itself. We just about made it though and flew to Alice Springs on time.
On the second attempt, the pilot managed to land the plane at Alice, a storm was just coming in as we landed and an "Updraft" sent us off course just as the wheels were touching the ground so we had to try again. Once we had landed and Marie had calmed down, the heavens then opened and it rained heavily. This then lasted two days! In the desert, it didn't seem right. Just like in the south of NZ, everyone told us how unusual the rain was. Even the Todd River was flowing like an actual river. This is something which only happens every two to three years. Oh lucky us.
Things did improve though and I'll try to blog about that next time but my time has just run out so I'll leave you in suspense.
ta ta for now....
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