The road well travelled towards Alice Springs

Departure from the resort at Kings Canyon meant that our tour was driving back along Red Centre Way (Luritja Road) to the Lasseter Highway turnoff and then onto the Stuart Highway to Alice. There may be shorter ways to Alice but in this smallish tourist bus, it was not a 4WD and we were not equipped for another night out camping, although the Adventure Tours that we picked up some people from were doing that leg.

Some notable stops along the way included - the Mount Ebenezer Roadhouse, Erindunda Roadhouse - fuel 200cpl, Stuarts Well Roadhouse and of course the final drop off for us and a couple of other tourists at the Doubletree Hotel in Alice. It was a long driving leg, very hot and a bit unpleasent with some whining tourists whinging about the heat. Well it's summer in Central Australia, extreme heat it is to be expected!  

So it was good to get into a warm shower in room 202, a swim in the pool and after an extremely satifying meal of Kofta balls at the Hanuman restaurent and then into a comfy bed. 

Tourist time in Alice included a walk through the Olive Pink botanical gardens, a walk across the dry bed of the Todd River, some shopping for local art, a vist to Imparja studios, and a visit to Lasseters Casino where no money was spent as the water was free. Sadly saw plenty of others win and then lose at the casino.

An early morning bus pickup saw us arrive at Alice Springs airport with plenty of time to spare for the departure on the Tiger Airways flight.