Things about Alice!

It's HOT, DAMN HOT. Just about every day here in Alice Springs is around 37-39 degrees. And believe it or not, you do get use to it. For example we had a couple of nights where it cooled down considerably. And when i got out of bed it was around 20 degrees. I found myself putting on trousers and a sweat shirt. Go figure that one out. And because of the heat you find yourself only eating 2 meals a day not 3. And the water taps here are on the opposite sides to what they are in New Zealand. I keep going to get a glass of cold water and get hot instead. They are back the front. For a small city(town) there is a lot of crime. I found this out when i went to get my bike after work and the chain had been cut and my bike was no where to be seen. Benn(my boss) says that this is about the 8th or 9th bike to be stolen from this area, it happens all the time. Bumma for me. I find the Aboridginal communittee to be very different to what i thought they would be like. I dont think they are a proud people like our moari. They dont seem to work and they spend most days sitting in the dry Todd River or under a tree passing the day away and quite a few walk thru the mall asking people for money all day. They are very unclean and from what i can gather there is alot of voilence in their communities. I can not say i have found them friendly at all. But i am told that the Abo's that live in their own communities and not in the cities are alot more friendly and welcoming. I hope someday to meet some of these people. Alice is truely to me the oasis in the desert and the frontier of the outback. But i am very much looking forward to seeing some rivers with water in them again and the sea. Roll on life.