We have arrived in Alice Springs

Well after a very early 4.00a.m. morning we are all pretty tired now.  We had a good run to Sydney with Scott our bus driver, grabbed some breakfast and boarded the plane.  Everyone was in high spirits and were excited and a little anxious about what lay ahead.  When we arrived at our accommodation, Aurora Alice Springs, we all had some lunch and then went up the street to get some last minute supplies.   We actually were greeted by two girls who said "you wouldn't happen to be going on a 16 Day End to End Larapinta Trail tomorrow would you ?"  What do you know, it was two of our 4 guides who were at Woolies stocking up on supplies for the Trek.   Guess all of us in our bright Camp Quality shirts and all the noise we were making must have given us away !!!!

We walked back to our accommodation and as we climbed to the top of the stairs, I missed the top step, tripped and fell onto the glass bottle I was carrying which smashed everywhere - it wasn't a pretty sight !  Ali of course was in stitches laughing - worried for me of course, but laughing so much.   I think my fit bit that I was wearing on my left hand was my saving grace from me actually cutting my wrist - not a good start to our adventure !

We had a lovely dinner at the Restaurant at the accommodation and have packed our bags ready to start tomorrow.   We have breakfast booked for 7.00 a.m. and are being picked up at 7,30 a.m.   We are all enjoying a last hot shower for a while, getting in our PJ's and about to go to bed.

Tomorrow sees us doing 13.5 kms for our first day and is expected to take around 6 hours.

We have a great bunch of Trekkers and I am so proud of everything they have all done to get themselves here and the funds they have raised for the Camp Quality kids.

It's going to be an awesome 16 days with an amazing bunch of people and we can't wait to share it all with you.

Until tomorrow,

Donna.