The Alice Springs Desert Park and The Royal Flying Doctors

Submitted by michael on Sat, 2006-06-03 16:24.

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Today we got up and we went to The Alice Springs Desert Park. First we bought our ticket to get in, then we picked up our audio guides and then we walked through the Park. We saw all of the different habitats. One of the buildings at the park was the Nocturnal Habitat where it's dark inside and the animals are awake because they move around at night.

I saw lots of snakes, some spiders and some bats called Ghost Bats.

Then we started walking outside again and we saw Kangaroos and Emus. The Kangaroos were sleeping in the sun, not hopping around.

Then we walked back and we got in the car and went to a tour of The Royal Flying Doctors. They are doctors that fly in airplanes to help people that are in the middle of the Outback and are not near any town where they could see a doctor. The kids even go to school by listening to a two-way radio. It's a very remote way of teaching someone. It was very interesting to learn about.