Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014 at 16:56
You will probably pay the price to leave the caravan in
Alice Springs in peak period.
For
Chambers Pillar and
Rainbow Valley,
Stuarts Well Roadhouse should be OK and is closer for you. I recall they have free or very low cost unserviced sites as
well as serviced sites, so I am sure leaving it there would be allowed. We did not stay there, but purchased fuel and lunches each time we passed when touring south of Alice. You can then go to
Chambers Pillar via the Hugh Stock Road not far from Stuarts
Well RH. Also consider Henbury Meteor Craters as part of a day trip. The
Owen Springs 4wd drive is another in the area to do while not towing.
If you don't mind towing on a a bit of
well maintained dirt road, day trips from Trephina at low cost NT Parks fees will get you around the East MacDonnells and areas close by.
When you go to Uluru, it would pay you to go to
Kings Canyon and back on the good road in conjunction. Often the 'short cuts' can take longer than the sealed roads, and the
Mereenie Loop is rarely good.
Palm Valley is another favourite, and camping out would be the best option for you there. We went from
Palm Valley on the
Mereenie Loop to
Kings Canyon, which was said to have been recently graded :O. It took us all day, but only because someone broke a spring on their camper, and two of us who had stopped to help stayed with them at snail speed, helping them every time the makeshift repairs fell apart.
Mh
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