Sep 4, 2009 - Ormiston Gorge to Newcastle Waters Days 56-57

After narrowly escaping the rates notice from Alice Springs Council we headed west for another of these 250km "side trips" This roughly equates to 6 tanks of fuel for poor Kenny KIA. LPG gas fridges - what a sham! We headed North, passed the Tropic of Capricorn to an overnight camp near Barrow creek. ... This place is of course famous for the mysterious and Famous Peter Falconio case so I kept the van door locked and made sure we did not stop at Red Rooster in Alice.After narrowly escaping the rates notice from Alice Springs Council we headed west for another of these 250km "side trips" This roughly equates to 6 tanks of fuel for poor Kenny KIA. LPG gas fridges - what a sham! We headed North, passed the Tropic of Capricorn to an overnight camp near Barrow creek. ... This place is of course famous for the mysterious and Famous Peter Falconio case so I kept the van door locked and made sure we did not stop at Red Rooster in Alice....