Chambers Pillar to Alice Springs - Day 22, 30/04/2016

We were up just on sunrise and packed up camp and were on the road by 8ish, we stopped regularly to check on the shock absorber and it was hanging in there… Once back on the Old Ghan Trail we stopped in at Ewaninga Rock Carvings for a quick look around, then back into the car and onto Alice.

We had forgotten that this weekend was a long weekend so I was extra keen to get the parts I needed today, unfortunately we arrived too late and most of the mechanics were closed or not willing to take on work today so we have to wait it out until Tuesday. We checked into the MacDonnell Ranges Big 4 Caravan park which is a fantastic park with great facilities and plenty for the kids to do and then spent the afternoon restocking supplies and getting what bits and pieces we could find before returning to camp for dinner.

Distance Traveled = 159 km
Total distance traveled with camper = 25,028 km 
Total number of nights in the camper = 165








































































































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