Our first stop after crossing over into the Northern Territory was the gas station town of Erldunda. Here we said goodbye to our wonderful tour guide Woody and awaited our next guide to pick us up. Little did we know that we would not only beĀ splittingĀ from Woody but our group was being divided as well. 7 of the original 18 or so people were left behind, myself included, after the first tour bus picked up the others. We had to wait a bit longer until a second bus rolled around and scooped us up. The 7 of us were a little perturbed, feeling a bit like cast-offs from the original group. Why this happened, we never were really sure. Our new tour leader Sarah welcomed us to the bus and we made ourselves comfortable for the long ride ahead. We were heading to the Red Centre of Australia.
As it turns out, the Red Centre isn’t anywhere close to Alice Springs. The town of Alice Springs is pretty much in the dead centre of the Outback and the major hub of the region. It is still ~450km from the Red Centre. This country is massive…
There are 3 main stops in the Red Centre. We’d spend our first day in the region exploring the first area, Kings Canyon.
