CSR trip 2013 Day 4

Well, as my luck would have it, today was a public holiday in the
Northern Territory, so just about everything bar the fast food shops
and the petrol stations were closed, including the tyre shops. Just to
be sure, I was packed up and left camp by 8 am to check if any tyre
shops had forgotten about the holiday and opened by accident. No such
luck. I let the others know that I wouldn't be coming with them today
and they then headed off up the Tanami track. Then it was Brekky at
Maccas and a quick trip up to Anzac Hill to lookout over Alice Springs
and contemplate what to do today.
From the top of the hill I could see three of the tyre shops and they
were still closed, so I decided to go for a short drive out to the
West Macdonald range for a bit of sightseeing. I didn't stray off the
bitumen and kept pretty much within mobile phone range, in case
anything untoward happened to my four remaining tyres.
I got out to the turn to Stanley Chasm but didn't head in there, the
scenery has wonderful and I took a few photos on the way. Then on the
way back into town I had a look at Simpsons Gap and saw a couple of
rock wallabies on the walk down to the gap. Then it was back into town
for lunch at Hungry Jacks where I saw another red SWB Pajero.
Then a final check of the tyre shops, they still hadn't opened, so I
headed back to the caravan park and booked in for another night. I had
a nice relaxing afternoon repacking the car, as it had got a bit messy
when changing the tyres. Then I caught up on my daily blog writing
before settling back and reading a book for the rest of the day.
Hopefully, my luck will be better tomorrow and a quick tyre fitting
will see me heading up the Tanami track by about lunch time.