Full Circle
Day 134: Alice Springs

The rivers, waterholes and mountain ranges had Aboriginal names long before the explorers came. Modern developments have often ignored their significance as ancient places of worship. Barrett Drive, a new tarmac road that runs past our hotel, is known as Broken Promise Drive by the Aboriginals, as it was bulldozed through a sacred site after planners reneged on a commitment to find alternatives. We drive along it for the last time today, on our way to the station to take the Ghan train south, across the Simpson Desert and down to Adelaide, to complete a 1900 mile crossing of the continent.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Full Circle
- Day: 134
- Country/sea: Australia
- Place: Alice Springs
- Book page no: 192
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