It rained for the first part of the night last night. We woke to clear skies and very heavy dew, our first dew on this hike. This morning was very cold. We stayed in bed and read books until the sun came up. Given we didn’t need to rush this morning, we left everything set up to allow it to dry out.
We packed up about 10am, ready for our 11am pick up by Larapinta Trail Trek Support (LTTS). As we were all ready and waiting, we left a few minutes early. There were 7 females and 2 males on the bus, this reflected the numbers we saw on the trail as well. We stopped at Ormiston Gorge to be able to buy lunch at the Kiosk – ham, cheese and tomato toasted sandwiches.
https://www.facebook.com/people/Ormiston-Gorge-Kiosk/100054345468530/
We arrived back
at our accommodation in Alice Springs, The Diplomat Hotel, and were checked in
by 2pm. This time we were in a nice, quiet ground floor room. We thoroughly enjoyed our
showers, washing our hair and putting on completely clean clothes.
https://diplomatalicesprings.com.au/
Aboriginal Fabric Gallery was our first stop; I purchased some beautiful fabrics to make a quilt and a dress. I could spend hours in here but limited myself to around an hour – the fabrics are beautiful. The staff are very helpful, providing details of which fabrics pay the artists royalties and who the specific artist of each print is, versus those fabrics that are not known to attributed to a particular artist.
https://aboriginalfabrics.com.au/
Second stop was the Lone Dingo, Alice Springs only camping store, where we purchased Larapinta Trail stickers and a Larapinta trail T-shirt which has an elevation map across the chest.
Last up was the supermarket to buy dinner,
breakfast and some treats.
Tonight the luxury of sleeping in a bed!
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