I forgot to mention that yesterday we passed another cyclist, this one just going from Darwin to Port Lincoln, and as usual we gave him water and ice. Lucky is the cyclist who meets Elaine on the track, she can be guaranteed to feed and water him or her. We also met this one at our nightly camp and found out that he has done all sorts of trips here and in Canada.

This morning after last nights sky light show we were, once again, last out of the camp and continued our southward journey. Before we left a motorbike rider came in and informed me that all the bikes that we have been seeing have been on the 'Black Dog Ride' to Ayers Rock. I don't know what that is but it abviously attracts a goodly number of motorcyclists. Incidentally he was riding a very classy looking Harley and his wife was also riding a bike, albeit a much smaller one. It was a dull day but the scenery was quite nice in a NT kind if way. Then we came to the marker for the highest point on the road from Adelaide to Darwin and took photographs. Then we came to the Tropic of Capricorn and took more photos.
At last we reached Alice Springs and spent 45 minutes looking for somewhere to park the van. Eventually we found a spot set aside for the purpose, but no one was able to direct us there! Shopping done we fueled and dumped then decided to stay here in the overflow park.