Alice Springs elective

Having returned from Canada in April after medical electives in Brockville and in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, I have abandoned my new hubbie again :( and am now learning about paediatrics in Alice Springs at the red centre of Australia.
Absolutely beautiful country.

Beautiful gorges

Trephina Gorge

Plenty of beautiful gorges, rock art and walks in the ranges around Alice. This was a trip out to the East MacDonnells with the other med students.

N'Dhala Gorge

Cycling to Simpson's Gap

MacDonnell Ranges

Top of Mount Gillen

Beautiful hike with great views of Alice Springs.

Ange, Kirsty and Alice

Crazy Henneley on Todd
(note for the confused: the Todd River is dry most of the time so feet are required on boats for travel across the sand, a la flintstones! lots of crazy fun)

Camping

The Alice area has lots of great camping. We managed a few weekend trips to Redbank Gorge (http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/west-macdonnell-ranges.html) and to go fossicking for garnets at Gemtree, northeast of Alice Springs.

Lots of hot work digging, sifting, washing and generally playing around in the red dirt to find little red rocks that glint red in the sun.

Unfortunately mine is the one on the left - but we were going for quality not quantity...

Now all I need is a good jewellery designer!

Trips to remote Aboriginal Communities

The advantages of being a student in the NT continue in Alice as we get to hop onto several flights over the ranges and 4WDing along dirt roads to distant Central Australia communities.

Views over the West MacDonnell ranges
(photos for Dad)

Mt Leibig

Returning to Alice from Santa Theresa with some of the nurses running the child health checks.

Our timing was perfect as we arrived just in time for the community's Art Centre anniversary and local author book launch where Paul Kelly was performing.

Return trip along the West ranges from Hermannsburg.

Enjoying lunch in the park with the other med students

I loved my elective here. Medicine was interesting and activities around fantastic. Can't wait to come back down to explore it again later with Craig...