Sunday 16/09/2012 Day 84: Tourist Day Alice Springs.
It was warmer overnight only 9
degrees C. We had an early breakfast and headed off to the Alice Springs Desert
Park. The weather was beautiful, no breeze and only 26 degrees. We wandered up
to the Amphitheatre and watched the Nature Theatre Presentation. The birds on
display were galah, magpie, barn owl, frogmouth, thicknee, falcon & a
whistling kite. We had morning tea and then went to the Aboriginal Culture
Presentation. The presenter informed us on the local people, how they survived
30,000 years in the same area, how they controlled their population and genetic
diversity, how they hunted, how they annually moved about their designated area
using fire to rejuvenate the land. He stated that the aboriginal can’t return
to their old way of life unless we remove feral plants, feral animals and stop
mining. He explained the concepts of hunting & gathering and men’s &
women’s business shouldn’t mix. We then had lunch, caught up on washing and
headed back to town. We visited the National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame
located in the old gaol opposite Reptile Centre. The displays were very informative;
life was tough for the early pioneer women. Amanda & Amy found it very
interesting and wished they had more time to view all the information on
display. The gaol had been left original and the kids found the cells
interesting. There were some old photos left on the notice boards in some of
the cells and one had a mural painted on the wall. We topped up fuel and
supplies and headed back to the Tourist Park
Daily Stats: Distance: 37km, Duration: 8hrs0min, Weather:
Sunny.
Gaol
Escaping Gaol
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