Town Called Alice

Monday the 8^th of November 2010

The roads in the Northern Territory are just sensational, they are for the most part straight and flat. Occasionally there are slight undulations and long sweeping bends. It is a tad unnerving when you’re riding along at 120clicks and you are over taken like you are standing still. Generally when you ride a motorbike it’s rare that you will be over taken, but out here you better get used to it.

Not far from Three ways are The Devils Marbles. I like them they are just bizarre, it’s incredible to think that these large boulders can be so precariously perched. There are literally 100’s of them in a very small area. If you look on the other side of the road it’s just shrub so it’s really odd to see them.

I’ve decided to stay upwind (in front) of Alan for a couple of reasons, the first is that he is becoming a crap rider, moving all over the road and varying his speeds all the time. His logic is that it helps keep him alert. Not so great if you’re following him. But he’s also decided not to wash his Draggin Jeans, he loves the way they feel after a couple of days. But let me suggest that his jeans could probably ride the bike by themselves.  I went to wash my Draggin Jeans after sledging Alan, but unfortunately I forgot to throw them in the washing machine !!! This is generally a bad thing not because I wasted my $2 or half an hour of my life waiting for my jeans to be washed but because I then had to tell Alan I needed some more washing powder. Why is this bad? Let me tell you about portion controlled washing powder. Alan has measured out the correct proportion and then placed them into zip lock bags for each. Which means he knows how many washes we can do whilst we are away, but worse than that I’m never going to hear the end of it.

Things I like about Alice. Whilst Alan and I were wondering around the Todd Street Mall we saw all these backpackers sitting in their camping chairs using their laptops in the Mall. We thought that was pretty cool as the mall had all these power outlets for people to use. As it turns out the Mall has free, yes your reading this right FREE Wi-Fi. And it’s at 54Mbs. I think that a few other places in Australia could adopt some Alice ideas. I went to the mall at around 10:30pm and its pretty safe, the Police and private security patrol the mall and with all the other backpackers you won’t get lonely

Cheers

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