Alice Springs

Alice Springs is up in the Outback and sits along the usually dry Todd River. Every year, the locals hold a boating regatta in the dry river bed. (Wish I could have been there for that!) One woman I met told me that since they sometimes go for years with no rain in "the Alice," little 3 and 4 year olds are afraid when they first see rain. Amazingly enough, it rained quite a bit one of the days I was there, but not enough to add any water to the Todd. The picture of me and my camel Lucille was taken in the Todd River. I took the other picture at the Alice Springs Telegraph station, which was the site of the area's first settlement, back in 1871.