Friday, May 22nd Our final day on the road. In the morning we went over to the Barkly Community Center where a group of Aboriginal guys play rock music and had invited us to come listen. It was cool to see a different, more modern side of the culture.
Our major stop was at the Devil's Marbles, a large group of boulders in the middle of the desert that was formed underground millions of years ago and now, due to water and wind erosion, has left large round granite boulders perched on top of one another. We tool the obligatory tourist photos and got to climb around on them. 
We went through Wycliffe Well after lunch. The entire town consists of a couple of houses, a few campgrounds, and one creepy service station (servo). It's claim to fame is being the UFO capital of Australia, and they get over 300 sightings there a year. The servo was full of newspaper and
magazine articles on sightings and abductions, photos of flying saucers...and a whole glassed off room of knick-knacks from around the world and a stuffed gorilla sitting on a canopy bed. If we didn't think the people there were freaks because of all the alien stuff, that whole other bit really put them over the edge. I wouldn't want to find myself in Wycliffe Well at night time. I think I'd be more scared of the town folk than anyone from another galaxy, though maybe they prove there really is something to all the abduction stories... After a few other quick stops in nondescript towns we got into Alice Springs! Everyone from the tour went to
Annie's for dinner, which upon reflection seems to be about all there is to do in Alice. We had a lot more time to chat with one another, and I learned a lot more about Morocco, among other things! A few of us carried on the night at Bojangles, the local tavern, and going to bed at 3:30 is a really good idea when you have to get up for your next tour at 5am!
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