Cultural contrast

Somehow I don't think one of these would go over very well in a US airport. Security workers in Alice Springs were cheerful and relaxed. No worries here.

The town of Alice Springs is the gateway to Australia's "Red Center" -- the enormous desert dustbowl where the great rock of Uluru and other significant aboriginal spiritual sites are now national parks jointly administered by the government and the original residents. More when I recover from four days of hiking and treking about there.