Ridin' the Rails!

wOOt!!

FINALLY managed to book my train ticket from Adelaide to Alice Springs. The trick?

Trusty old credit card - apparently the fraud features aren't quite as responsive as the ones on your bank account!

I have my seat number and everything - wonder if that's on seat guru :)

Next up - booking the Scuba. More details on that later. For now am feeling chipper and about to head into town for a colleagues leaving do - she's sailing off on her boat to cool adventures - very nice :)

Alice accomodation

In the ongoing saga of the train ticket - I rang the helpline, they are very helpful! However they aren't able to book the internet saver fare so they suggested I email the reswebhelp and tell them the issue. So I have duly done so and now await the reply......

I also booked my Alice Springs accomodation, I had emailed form the website on Saturday and it said they'd reply within 24hours. So I rang this evening (Tues morning there) as I hadn't heard anything and they'd only just got the email - speedy internet! However all is fine and I'm now booked into the place that I told the tour company I would be staying at so feeling pretty smug :)

I looked around a few places there - most of the ones suggested in Lonely planet - and some that came from the list of pick-up points on The Rock Tours website, and have decided on Alice's Secret Traveller's Inn. Highly recommended in the lonely planet and also small, good as I'm trying to avoid a heavily studenty-party-groupy atmosphere!

Hehehe....really feels like its going to happen!