THREAD: I was asked by a local - who knows I’m a journalist - if I would write something about Alice Springs. I said I would, but I didn’t know when. However, given that I’m exactly in the town when the new curfew is implemented, here’s what I saw on the ground. 1/n I arrived last Friday afternoon. I didn’t know it was the Alice Springs Royal Show, and probs most locals were there - but it’s 3:45pm, and the Main Street of CBD had zero people. I had never seen a town like this in Australia - especially one that had great tourism resources.