Day 11 - Alice Springs 

Today we had a late breaky and we spoiled ourselves with bacon, eggs and baked beans on toast. I forgot to mention in our previous blog post that when we got to camp yesterday we saw our friends Dee & Geoff that we had met in William Creek, this morning we decided to have coffee with them and catch up before they made their way home. Our first site seeing activity today would be ANZAC hill which was a really lovely spot and a great view. Well worth the visit. 

And Phils little shadow. the beautiful Amelia decided that cuddles for Uncle Phil were in order. With, might I add, a smile that could melt the coldest of hearts. 

After ANZAC hill we went on to the School of the Air which is the biggest classroom in the world (I think, if not Australia hahaha). This is a school that was originally created for those kids in regional Australia who could not attend a normal school. It started as being conducted over radio and has since moved with technology and the teaching is being done online. Everything is provided for the Children, as in, text books, satellite dishes, work books, library books, computers and printers etc and these kids work in an online classroom with other Children who may be 2000kms away from them. The school meets 4 times a year for a week at a time where the kids can actually interact with one another in person, this is unfortunately a cost to the parent. I had no idea this existed and I was so intrigued by the teachers whom put so much time and effort into creating such a system for these kids in Outback Australia. Rhyanna Brown, you'd be a perfect teacher for these kids! I highly suggest everyone check out their website and read up about all the wonderful things these guys do for these kids. 

We then went to visit the Old Ghan Museum but as we had to pay, Phil said he "wasn't that interested in trains and I am a tight ass so I am not paying to see it", we turned around and went to Coles instead! We are making our way to Kings Canyon and Uluru tomorrow for the next few days and will be far away from shops so a stock up was in need, especially for Phil's beer! We made our way back to our campsite and spent the afternoon organising ourselves and watching the kids play in the playground, with a few drinks in hand of course!