At the end of September we went to Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory and pretty much in the middle of Australia. I spent three days at the Australian Society for Limnology's annual congress but we had a bit of time either side of the congress to do some exploring too.
The highlights for Eli were the reptiles (especially the ones he got to touch) and the fun and games he got up to in the Todd River.
Here are some of our favourite lizards from the Alice Springs Reptile Centre - a thorny devil (left) and western bearded dragon (right).
The real highlight for Eli was when we were able to touch the reptiles. Here are some photos of Eli and I holding a western bearded dragon and a shingle back skink. Eli also kissed a western blue tongue skink, but unfortunately we didn't get a photo of that... We had also hoped to touch the large Olive python, but as Eli indignantly declared, there were 'too many people!'
We stayed right on the banks of the mighty Todd River and it was a great place for us to play and spot the occasional bird like the Mallee Ringneck Parrot.
We went for plenty of walks along (and in) the river and as per usual, Eli also spent a great deal of time throwing rocks around the place.
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