The last few days of our outback adventure involved catching up with some of our wonderful volunteers in Alice Springs including David Hewitt who does an amazing job in getting balls out to communities for the Foundation. We dropped off some more balls to the staff at the Owens Springs Juvenile Detention centre who are always pleased to keep the kids active with some new equipment.

We headed back out of Alice and back down the Lassiter Hwy towards Uluru again enjoying another beautiful night under the stunning night sky before waking early to call into another small remote school at the community of Imanpa. Another special experience listening to the stories from the staff of the school and meeting some of the kids and Traditional Owner in town.

We then returned back to Uluru, and as always, such a breathtaking site, due to its size, magnificent colours and features. We did a quick walk along the front base as it heated up to 41 degrees. Great to finally see the rock shut for climbing which occurred on 26th October. We drove around the rear of Uluru to our final school drop-off in the lovely little community of Mutitjulu where the school has the best backdrop in Australia. The kids were thrilled with their new sports balls as we called in while they were celebrating Halloween, playing some fun activities. We were lucky enough to camp in swags again at the Remote Tours campsite and it was lovely to freshen up with a swim after spending many days on the road.

It was an absolute pleasure being able to visit all the communities around Central Australia once again, concluding another memorable trip, meeting some amazing kids and characters of the outback and gaining some everlasting, rewarding and educational experiences. Thank you again to Chem Couriers for managing all our deliveries around Australia and to all the volunteers who assist with running events in Melbourne as well as the volunteers who assist in getting balls out to the communities during the year. Thanks to Jay for joining me on another great adventure and assisting with the deliveries and also Scott for doing an awesome job in capturing the amazing scenes and people of the outback on camera (visit www.cre8tivephotographysolutions.com.au to see Scott’s talented work)