Alice Springs ...

Neither of us had been to Alice Springs and we both loved the landscape.

There were rocky hills in town and as we drove past some busineses, we could see that their land sections backed onto rocks at the rear!  

I was particularly impressed to see desert peas growing in town, along verges and in some gardens.

We'd been offered accommodation at a friend's place, so stayed out of town in lovely surrounds.

It was school holidays at the time of our stay, not something we'd thought about, so there were no dog boarding vacancies.

In between our dog-friendly exploring, we'd sit quietly at camp, watching Splendid blue-wrens and other birds.  

There were eight black cockatoos one morning. Gorgeous!

I visited the Olive Pink Botanic Garden one morning, while Nick and Bandit walked elsewhere.

" ...  one of the lesser known Alice Springs attractions, the Ilparpa Claypans."

There were several references to the Claypans being dog-friendly and Bandit really enjoyed his time there. 

We took turns to have a solo walk around Jessie Gap Nature Park, while the other one sat in the car with Mr Dog.

We did some day-to-day stuff - shopping, washing and I wrote a few postcards.  

Nick found a better jockey wheel on the FB marketplace, so we spent $50.00 on that upgrade.  

We also picked up some canvas repair tape from a camping shop in town, to deal with a small split on the camper door.  

I took my laptop for photo processing - and thinking I'd blog of our adventures along the way - but there wasn't a lot of time for those activities.  We were busy being where we were, taking in all the newness.