This is our first episode recorded in Alice Springs. Alice Springs is about 1,500kms south of Darwin, in the heart of Australia, but still in the Northern Territory. It is the second biggest city in the Northern Territory after Darwin, with a population of about 30,000. Pippa Tessmann has been a resident of Alice Springs for more than 30 years. She arrived from England as a backpacker and loved the place so much, she stayed. Pippa is a physiotherapist and runs her own business; Alice Springs Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic. She talks about her arrival in Alice Springs and her life in the red centre.