It's Getting Hot Out Here.

Pretty standard times out here for the Nuskies out here at the moment. Just a bit of work and camping. A couple of weeks ago we had a week of 40 degrees plus, a sign of things to come out here for the summer. It's cooled down at the moment with great weather but I think it's going to be a hot one this summer.


We went to Rainbow Valley a number of weeks ago to have a look. Lovely place, bit too hot to camp for the night as it was 40 odd that day and the flies were as thick as. So we did the tourist thing and did the day trip.

The other weekend we went to the NT Dirt Cart Championships and the following weekend we went to the Australian Titles. Pretty good racing with the go carts on a dirt track. Big sport out here as it's relatively cheap compared with running a buggy.

Finally, Tracey shaved her head for charity and raised over $1000 for the local wig library that helps cancer patients deal with the hair loss thing. I am very proud of my wife that decided to do this after her friend here in Alice was diagnosed with breast cancer. So Trace reckoned if she lost here hair she would support her through doing it herself. Good no ya Trace!!

:-)

We are still planning to leave after the new year. I think it is about time to move on and we are both looking forward to it.

That's all for now.

The Alice Mid Winter

Our time here in Alice is ticking along well. Trace and I are in the same jobs and we are saving heaps. We both are looking forward to having a big break at the end of the year starting off with an overseas trip to Asia I think the we will come back to hit the road once again. This time we will have the funds to have an extended time on the road and the luxury of working when the chance arises, not when we deem we have to.

A couple of weekends ago we went for a quad bike ride on one of the stations out here, Undoolya, that is 3500 Sq Km big and one of the oldest working stations in the NT. Frosty, our guide, is a customer at work so we organised to go out and have a look. We had a great time with a full day of riding and being taken to all the secret spots on the station. If you come out this way it’s an awesome thing to do. http://www.outbackquadadventures.com.au/

Last weekend was the Henley-On-Tod here in the Alice. It’s a boat regatta that is held in the dry river bed of the Todd river that runs through town. Tracey was lucky enough to get VIP tickets so we got free beer and food all day and had the pleasure of watching it from a nice tent. After the day at the Todd river I had a fight night event here in Alice that the boss had organised, VIP seats again! Excellent day on Saturday.

Bit of a video here of one of the races. http://youtu.be/IQZajlXF2dQ

Apart from that, all is well. Tracey is getting over the flu that is doing the rounds here in town. We both are looking forward to the end of the year.

Bye for now.

Finke Desert Race 2013

Just came back from the desert watching the Finke Desert Race for this year. Awesome time as usual, camping in the middle of nowhere and motor sport, what's not to like?? :-)

My boss from the Industrial and Hydraulic shop I work at took out the Pro Lights class and came 7th overall. Not a bad effort!!

This is him........

And Some Other competitors......

I love going to the Fink races, 240 Klm to Finke from the Alice and back again the next day. Great test of Man and machine. Sussed out Trace today as to weather she would be interested in doing it!!!!

Some Video Here.

http://youtu.be/H-bbUuTZ2QY

Alice Update.

Not too much going on here, just the work thing.

We went to a show and shine today to have a look.Tracey got free tickets as the Centralian Advocate is a sponsor. It wasn't too bad, a bit to see as people came out of the woodwork to show off their cars. Looking forward to The Desert Fink Race in a couple of weeks.

Some nice vehicles. We took them with a new toy we bough, a Canon 60D and 100-400 Telephoto Lens. Love it. It has a filter in it that makes scenes look like little lego villages. Pretty cool.

A look at Alice through the new camera and effect.

Fink is next. I am busy at work getting ready for the influx of racers that will hit town in the next week or two in the lead up to Fink. Tracey is busy at work as well doing all the advertising for everyone. Good Times!!!

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Easter trek to the Simpson Desert

It's been a long time since we have been camping so Trace and I packed up the cruiser and spent Easter this year traveling down to Mount Dare and Dalhousie Springs South Of Alice.

Mount Dare is on the Western side of the Simpson Desert and Dalhousie Springs is just a bit east into the desert. We left Alice and headed south to Santa Teresa then to Old Andado Homestead for the first stop of the trip. Old andado is the home of Molly Clark, a bush legend in this part of the world. The homestead has been left in state, as though Molly just walked away from it. All her stuff is there with not a thing touched. Fantastic!

After Old Andado we headed for Mount Dare and onto Dalhousie Springs. We had a swim and decided to go back to Mount Dare as the flies were horrific out there as it had just rained and the air was thick with baby flies.

After having a few beers at the Mount Dare roadhouse we spent the night in the old meat hanging shed and left for Fink, and aboriginal community, the next morning. From Fink we headed north back to Alice along the old Gahn Railway track. All up and awesome drive and Trace and I had a ball.

I Also had a chance to test out a new battery, charger and solar setup I have installed in the car. It worked a treat, we have enough power for just about anything in the car now.

Update Time!!!

Things are going swimmingly here in the Alice. Haven't been up to much, just a bit of work. Did a small loop out to Owen Springs the other weekend and had a good time. It's been a bit hot lately to go camping but once it cools down we will get out a bit more.

We have decided to take an overseas holiday at the end of the year to the North of Thailand, Cambodia or such. Then in June next year we are planning on going to the north of Queensland to do the cape. So there is a bit on the horizon for us.

Now for a bit of Alice culture.......the way you address anyone out here at the moment is to use the word "Bruz" as in "Hey Bruz how ya goin?". I don't like it and refuse to use it.

That's about it for now, oh BTW had some camel burgers the other night, home made, and they were delicious. We can get all types at the local butcher here. Camel, roo tails, roo pepperoni, crock meat, emu mince etc. It's cool to try all the different meats, the overwhelming thing is that they are all very lean.

Working for a while in the Alice.

Tracey and I have been working for a few weeks now and feel we might stay here for a while to see what it's like to live here for a while. 12 months should sort us out, dunno, we will play it by ear.

I am working at Alice Industrial Supplies selling anything from tools to 4wd gear. I don't mind the job but not too sure I'd make a career out of it. Still.....I am enjoying it. Trace has been working in K-Mart since we have been here and has just landed a job at the local paper, Centralian Advocate, as a sales executive. She starts on Friday and is looking forward to it. Change of pace to what she normally does.

Staying here will be a good opportunity to have a good look around as the county is awesome here and a fair bit to see. We will start to go camping when it cools down a bit as the heat at the moment is amazing. We have just gone through 3 weeks of 43-45 every day, pretty used to it now. Everyone is talking about the cool change due Friday and Saturday, 36.

That's about it for now, heaps of work out here. If your unemployed your not looking hard enough out here I reckon.