The Red Centre - Part One: A Town Called Alice

It's been a bit quiet on the blog for the past few weeks and that's because I've been saving up for a trip to "the red centre". I decided to be a backpacker so found a nice little hostel just outside town and prepared myself for hanging out with some 18 year old gap year backpackers. Here's my hostel. Note the security gates...

Alice Springs is a quiet town. It has a river - see below. It's a bit dry.

The biggest difference to Sydney (at least the part that I live in) was the presence of a large Aboriginal Community. The white Australians seem to be trying their best to integrate them in to the white society but the success of this is a long, long way off.

I felt a bit uncomfortable taking a photo but to give you an idea, there are a lot of people sitting in the shade like this. If I'm honest, I was glad to be only spending one night in Alice before my trip in to the outback.