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-LETTER FROM JOAN :,ND BEV AT ALICE SPRINGS
-q/- P.O. ALICE SPRINGS. Dear Everybody, 30th July.
+===== Letter from Joan and Bev at Alice Springs =====
-Think of us as we sit on our little tails basking in the sun writing this letter. The breeze has that Sydney spring whisper in it, however when the sun goes down at 6 o'clock this afternoon we will reach instantly for our jumpers.. Although the weather is supposed to be unseasonal, it is not unpleasant at night. Of course we have had none of the black frost promised and predicted by the
-local bods with grim expressions; in fact, it is beginning to appear
+C/O - P.O. ALICE SPRINGS|| 30th July
-similar to the yarn " now on the Cox in April 155 rile water bucket  froze stiff If
-We had two extra days on the train at the expense of the Commonwealth Railways. As you would no doubt have guessed from Sydney weather forecasts we had quite an interesting trip to Adelaide and count ourselves very lucky to have been delayed only two days. The Murray iValley, of course, was impassable to everything but a helicopter and we finished up pussy-footinl through the backblocks to Bendigo and on through Bordertown to Adelaide. In addition to being experts on which type of semi had the most comfortable seats, we are going to set up an information bureau on the ailments o2 sheep and the impossibility of growing wheat under present conditions. Didn't dare suggest that they (the farmers) might sow a crop of rice with excellent results:
+Dear Everybody,
-Adelaide was very disappointing to us both; it's rather a scruffy little city. (Dalai Lama please note: Ed.) I btt you couldn't guess in 1,000 years who walked'up to us on an Adelaide street corner and talked for 2- hours solid? None other than our "silent gent in the corner "- Jim Weston: He was himself returning from spending his holidays up north and well, 2 cups of coffee and 5 buses later we were on our way northward again.
+Think of us as we sit on our little tails basking in the sun writing this letter. The breeze has that Sydney spring whisper in it, however when the sun goes down at 6 o'clock this afternoon we will reach instantly for our jumpers. Although the weather is supposed to be unseasonal, it is not unpleasant at night. Of course we have had none of the black frost promised and predicted by the local bods with grim expressions; in fact, it is beginning to appear
+similar to the yarn "now on the Cox in April '55 me water bucket  froze stiff....".
+We had two extra days on the train at the expense of the Commonwealth Railways. As you would no doubt have guessed from Sydney weather forecasts we had quite an interesting trip to Adelaide and count ourselves very lucky to have been delayed only two days. The Murray Valley, of course, was impassable to everything but a helicopter and we finished up pussy-footing through the backblocks to Bendigo and on through Bordertown to Adelaide. In addition to being experts on which type of semi had the most comfortable seats, we are going to set up an information bureau on the ailments of sheep and the impossibility of growing wheat under present conditions. Didn't dare suggest that they (the farmers) might sow a crop of rice with excellent results!
+Adelaide was very disappointing to us both; it's rather a scruffy little city. (Dalai Lama please note! Ed.) I guess you couldn't guess in 1,000 years who walked up to us on an Adelaide street corner and talked for 2.5 hours solid? None other than our "silent gent in the corner "- Jim Weston.  He was himself returning from spending his holidays up north and well, 2 cups of coffee and 5 buses later we were on our way northward again.
 One important point worthy of mention when hitching on trailers: Don't put your pack on the back of the prime mover; somehow it doesn't seem to improve the pack when it gets "mixed up" with the trailer:
 We got through to Quorn quite easily and duly pickedvp the train which duly took 2 days to travel 50 miles: