Day 3 - Kulgera to The Gem Tree, via Alice

Hi everyone. Still travellin' fine & having fun.

If this email is late, it's 'cause we've been out of NextG coverage areas for a couple of days...

Highlights today (Sunday):
- relatively easy day
- bit touristy checking out The Alice (tidier & more developed than I expected; Techo)
- Ploughmans' lunch at the Botanic Gdns; canned ham, cheese & pickled onions on fresh buttered bread
- finally getting some blog posts published
- finally entering warm daytime temperature country (still chilly nights)
- first shower and change of clothes (Techo); second for Tosh
- baking hot loaf of bread fresh from the oven at Erldunda
- magnificent mexican tortillas for dinner around the fire
- hooning along at 130km/h (woo-hoo!)
- another piece of Carol's fruitcake

Lowlights:
- mignidht to 7am howling winds at Kulgera camp
- having to pack gear away and reinforce tents during the night (lesson learnt)
- lost sleep
- Tosh loses 45min of the day; possible sitting-up powernap at the lunchstop(?)
- queueing up at the Woolies checkout in the Alice; Sunday is a very busy day in town