Leaving Ulurhu

Up a little after 4 A.M. for a sunrise at Ulurhu which, sadly, lonly resulted in light being cast onto the rock. No color to speak of. We waited for half an hour just to make sure we hadn't missed anything, but there was no dawn spectacular. I think a bit of weather, wind or dust swirls would have made for more drama, but we had a cloudless and calm day. We just couldn't abide another pircey buffet breakfast so we headed out with only instant coffe under out belts. Later had my first Australian pastie and they are damn good. At least I got vegetarian, but I am sure my cholesterol is up ten points and I am not even going to be adjacent to a scale until I've been home a few weeks and can put things to rights. NO MORE BUFFETS! we decided to hit the casino back in Alice in the afternoon with temperatures over 100 degrees, but it was mercifully dry. The place had no tables open, just some really odd slots that we never did figure out. So we lost a few bucks and were sufficiently amused. We walked to town for a look around and just happened upon a shop selling digeredoos where we were in time for a free 1/2 hour lesson. It was so much fun. There's a lot to it and I have to say I'd like to learn but am not sure I have enough motivation to practice. Maybe I could learn and perform at the yoga studio! One of my teachers blows the dige over us while we're in savasana (resting pose) which I've alwyas loved. We bought a CD featuring the shop owner playing that Ron will use for our photographic slide show. Good day.