UP AND AWAY ABOVE ALICE.......

The moon was setting as the sun rose....

As you have probably guessed I did a hot air balloon ride earlier in the week above Alice. It was amazing. It is not the first time I have been up, but it was different as we had another balloon up with us which made for great photos. It was a very still morning and we were up in the air before dawn.

A blast of light just 'cos he could..

Up, up and away.....

the first rays of a new day....

We rose above the flat ground silently apart from the few blasts of hot gas that kept us where we were !!! We had a wonderful over view of the East and West McDonnell ranges that stretch East and West (obviously, sorry!!) beyond Alice.

The McDonnell ranges stretch so far, and are so diverse I will do a blog on these later this week.I have the use of a car for a couple of weeks-wonderful-so spent the weekend tiki touring Westwards and Eastwards. Really amazing landscapes.

Coming in for a landing..very gently..and we stayed upright...

This blog will be brief- the computer connection seems to be extremely slow, there must be something (gremlin or emergency) in the system. Its taking an eternity to upload photos.

My 6 weeks' contract here in Alice ends this Friday. It has taken a while to evolve, but it is all final- I have a contract to stay here from July until end March 2008. Same pay rates but doing call and overtime, and still free accommodation!!! From Dec until March I will have a house+ swimming pool to housesit so if any of you want a warm summer holiday- please come and see me.....but you are very welcome any time of the year obviously. I am coming home mid Nov until mid Dec,(tickets booked tonight) so will catch up with a lot of you then. I have no work for the next 8 weeks, but there several jobs in the offering, just waiting to see whose offer is better :-)

take care....life is for living

Take care and keep warm- I hear it is getting cold in ChCh.