27th April 2013

Well folks I must apologise for getting behind with this blog, a lot of the time that we have been travelling we haven’t had internet access or phone. Also son David joined us at Uluru and having an extra person has generated a bit of work one way and another but to top it off, on a 4 hour scenic hike around Kings Canyon rim Nancy had a nasty little fall and broke her foot, This was just over a kilometre from the end of the hike so the poor old thing had to hobble out best she could over pretty rough country. I strapped her foot up with sticky plaster the best I could to help support it and already it was blue and swollen on the top part of the foot so it took us quite some time to get her back to the car. We kept her foot packed in ice and frozen peas for the next few days until we got to Alice Springs where as soon as we were established in a caravan park I took her to Alice Springs hospital. Apparently she has a serious break in her foot that has been temporarily plastered to disable it and she has to see a visiting orthopaedic surgeon next Wednesday to determine if the foot needs an operation and pinning or just a plaster cast, in the mean time we are heading out to the West Macdonnell Range for a couple of days, so once again we will be out of range. Eventually I will get the blog back up to-date and as soon I can I will post some photos.