Stuarts Well Roadhouse and a Singing Dingo. 08/20/2010
  90km south from Alice Springs, you will see a large sign at the Stuarts Well Roadhouse. FREE CAMPING. The red desert sand dunes made way for interesting ridges of weathered rocks and mountain views, this is Jim's Place.' It has been a couple of years since Reg and I stopped off at 'Jim's Place', so costings may have changed, I cannot guarantee there are still free camp sites there, but we have also stayed in the caravan park in shady drive through sites and they were great value. Good laundry facilities very much appreachiated too after a week driving up from South Australia. This is a great place to freshen up before heading into Alice Springs. Showers for campers were $2. each when we stayed there. The road house is spacious and friendly though very basic, no modern faux wood blinds here. Jim Cotteril loves to spin a yarn if you have the time to listen. Dinky the central desert dingo entertains tourists by playing on and singing to the sounds of the piano. While not a huge fan of performing wild animals we learned that Dinky was the sole survivor of his family from dingo bait, he is lives with rather than is owned by Jim Cotterill who runs Stuarts Well ad it is quite obvious he howls or sings to the piano by choice when anyone plays it.. It is a great place to stop and take a tour into Rainbow Valley.   Comments Comments are closed. |  Images of Australia in the Paintings and Writing of Artist Author Kathy Shell are created on location while touring in an Eco-Tourer Caravan. `````````````````````````
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