Street Machine

RAINING ON THE ROCK

WHEN the rest of the country was hunkered down trying to get through the tail-end of winter, it sure was nice to embark on a warm getaway to Alice Springs the first weekend of September for the seventh running of Red CentreNATS. As my Wi-Fi-equipped flight took off from Perth, I snapped a photo out the window and put up a slightly smug post online letting everyone know I was “off to sunnier skies and warmer weather”.

Well, how wrong was I? I stepped off the plane and instantly regretted not packing my hoodie – cloudy skies, cold wind and

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