Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 at 13:36
Hey mate, sounds like a good trip.
No Cryovac facilities in
Yulara. The meat is all trucked in pre-packed. If you arrive at the
shop on the right day there is a good selection of fairly reasonably priced meat. If you however arrive on the wrong day the meat is almost at it's expiry or it's all gone and the shelves are nearly empty. Basically the meat truck arrives twice weekly. So it's all in ups and downs depending on the day of the week.
If you know anyone who lives in
Yulara (resident) then take them shopping as they'll have a residents card and can get a discount on the food.. otherwise you'll be paying quite a bit more.
If you want to have any alcohol either bring it with you to
Yulara, or buy it at
Curtin Springs Station about 80km before
Yulara. Otherwise you are limited to 'no more' than 6 bottles of take away beer PER
CAMP SITE / PER DAY, and that's all you'll get (and at about $6 a bottle as
well.)
Curtin Springs will sell you a 30 pack of cans for $60. Which is about the best price you'll get out there. XXXX or Tooheys New for those prices. Other beers are more expensive.
If you want Cryovac meat you'll either need to bring it in with you or arrange for the meat to be packaged in
Alice Springs and delivered to
Yulara while you are there.
In order to do that I would suggest contacting a butcher in
Alice Springs called Charbray Meats. I've got the name for the Master Butcher there: Gary Charnock. You can contact them on 08 89524077, email on charbraymeats@bigpond.com - Gary assured me that he does Cryovac on request.
If you contact them they may be happy to do up a large 'bush order' for you (bush orders are a normal thing in
Alice Springs - it's an order that will be collected or transported to the remote communities or areas).
I would discuss with them about how to get the meat transported to
Yulara for you. They may
well have options that I am not aware of.
Alternatively once you have the order sorted with Charbray meats you then contact one of the daily bus/coach operators who go from Alice to
Yulara and arrange for transportation of the Cryovac meat. It'd be best for the delivery to be when you are already IN
Yulara - that way you can immediately put the meat in to the fridge/freezer. I would suggest that you purchase a large esky in
Alice Springs, some freezer blocks or some ice. Then it's all delivered nice and cold.
Bus companies who travel through
Yulara are AAT Kings - who may take freight if asked. And Centre Bush Bus (who do take freight - and who I work for now) - CBB details can be found at www.centrebushbus.com.au and they charge $15 for freight deliveries for 'normal' size packages. I think an esky is probably covered under that, you can give them a ring to ask, or drop an email to them.
Believe me when I say stranger things happen out here.
(When I was living in
Yulara I ordered 4 keyed alike padlocks and 3 metres of heavy duty transport chain through 2 different companies, one company collected their product, went to the other company and collected my order and delivered the entire lot to my company's (at the time) depot in
Alice Springs and it was all delivered to me the next day. It's normal for bush orders - specially if they are of any sizeable quantity/cost.
Send me a private message if I can help out in any way as I'm now based in
Alice Springs.
Simon
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Follow Up By: beergutz - Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 at 23:12
Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 at 23:12
simon,
thanks for the info , the beer supply has solved a problem for me as after mt dare we go through 2 dry areas before reaching eridunda.
cheers
bruce
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Follow Up By: Simon (NT) - Wednesday, Mar 16, 2011 at 23:39
Wednesday, Mar 16, 2011 at 23:39
Hey Bruce,
Don't worry about that too much.
It is allowed to 'transport' alcohol through prohibited areas as long as you can prove that you will be consuming it "outside" of the prohibited area.
I've carried alcohol through the prohibited areas on many occasions when going
places like going out to go camping etc.
You can also consume alcohol in National Parks and
Reserves such as the MacDonnell Ranges NP or the
Devils Marbles Nature Reserve (or whatever it's masquerading as this week) - though the consumption is only generally if you are camping there overnight (so get a camping ticket and pop the money in to the money tin if there is one (not in all NPs).
Any other questions just ask.. because most of these alcohol restrictions up here aren't very clear and are also pretty bloody stupid.. thanks Mr Howard, they just inconvenience normal people trying to go about their daily lives - the people with the alcohol problems still buy alcohol and drink it and throw their green VB cans out on the road as they drive towards the prohibited area or even in it.
Anyhoo.. hope I can help out a bit more.
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Follow Up By: Simon (NT) - Thursday, Mar 17, 2011 at 19:58
Thursday, Mar 17, 2011 at 19:58
Oh cr*p, I just realised I made a mistake.
It's not a prohibited area, it's a "PRESCRIBED AREA", because the government didn't want it to sound like the Northern Territory was going through a prohibition... (mmmm, yeah right, of course we are).
Anyway, there you go, it just dawned on me that I had given you the incorrect information (name).
Cheers,
Simon
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