Thursday, 3 July 2014

Arrival at Alice



Saturday, June 21:

As we only had a short distance to go we spent the morning downloading photos etc at Henbury Meteorites. We didn’t have power or phone coverage but that didn’t matter. We almost caught up with things.
The drive into Alice was only short but seemed to take ages. The terrain changed from rolling sand dunes to rock ridges of all shapes and sizes.
We arrived at Wanngardi Park about 3pm and set up camp. Then things started to go wrong. I plugged the cord into the pole and before we even hooked it on to the van it had blown and the guy next door came rushing out.  After a couple of goes, Wal finally worked out it was a faulty plug and told the manager to ether fix it or give us our money back.
The switch was fixed but the power kept blowing because it was 15amp between 2 sites and the circuit breaker was 16amp. The guy next door had everything going so when we turned on the kettle off went the power.
Thankfully that guy left the next day and Wal had a discussion with the manager and suggested the wiring be fixed or perhaps it would be best not to put anyone next to us. He opted for the latter which meant we have had no more problems.
It’s a laid-back park – great bush setting with a towering range behind us. Lots of permanents in other areas but no bother to us. The facilities are spotless. We’re glad we chose here rather that right in Alice.

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