Saturday, Apr 28, 2007 at 20:15
When we stayed at
Yulara in the Camping ground it was shocking. So much so that I wrote letters of complaint to the manager and NT Tourism.
They put us in amongst the tour buses. About 60 18 to 35 yr olds who partied all night. When I asked them to keep hte noise down as my
young kids were trying to sleep they said OK but did nothing. When I called security they did not come for over an hour and then simply drove oast with their windows up. Didn't even shine a torch around. When I called them back at about 1am they said they had investigated that complaint and there was nothing to worry about.
I eventually called the NT Police who came into the area and asked the bus group to be quiet. They then sat in their car until the lights were all out.
Next night it was a differnet tour group but the same story. I had spoken with the duty manager during the day and she assured me that if I had any more problems she would deal with it. She gave me her mobile number but when I called it it was turned off.
In addition to this the
toilets and showers were filthy. Waste
bins overflowing mud all over the place and no
toilet paper. My 11 year old son was very upset when he got out of the shower to find
young women from the tour bus running around in the gents.
Will we ever go back? Not likely. They could not pay me enough.
As for the price, it was a lot more expensive than the Resort
Campground at Kings Canyon. There were tour buses there too but they were
well behaved probably because of the visible and active security.
Apart form that
John we enjoyed our trip to Alice and surrounds. I am not sure what kind of van you have but if you are comfortable on corrugations then
Rainbow Valley is worth a look. In Alice Macdonnel Ranges CP is very good.
Duncs
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