ALICE Springs is about the last place you'd come to escape the heat.
But, as the mercury nudged towards 40C in central Australia yesterday, the English cricketers took the opportunity to jump as far out of the fire as they've been since they arrived on our shores last month.
For the third time in as many days after their Gabba pounding left them 1-0 down in the Ashes, the Englishmen didn't address the Aussie media.
So instead of being the constant target of prying eyes as they have would been in Adelaide before the second Test, the Poms scurried to all parts of the red centre, delighting in the anonymity the expanses offer.
With no training scheduled until late today, six of the team ventured to Uluru on Tuesday; many played an early-morning round of golf yesterday without a soul on the course to bother them.
Kevin Pietersen's camel (right) gets close to England teammate Graeme Swann's beast at Uluru. Picture: Twitter
Captain Alistair Cook even took a hire car and was last seen heading with a mate towards Glen Helen Gorge - an hour west of the Alice - where he was reliably informed by locals that he could spend a relaxing day checking out the scenery and grabbing some pub fare without hassle.
It's a far cry from the glitz and glamour of England's high-profile celebrations of recent Ashes triumphs, but a break in which they're understood to be revelling.
Sources close to the team say it's just the tonic for the embattled tourists after the fierce spotlight of their epic Brisbane flop.
They say that while some weren't sure why the Northern Territory was on the itinerary when it was first produced, they're absolutely delighted now to have found their own little oasis in the hottest of deserts.
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