Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park is a very sacred site to the Anangu Aboriginal people and with it the Red Centre the spiritual heart of Australia. Touring this area would be our final five days in the Northern Territory. There is only one campsite in Uluru national park and being budget backpackers this was over our budget for the amount of time we planned to stay so we free camped just outside of the national park. The only problem with this was we had no access to a shower so one morning we did sneak into the campsite for a quick 5 minute shower, what rebels we are! We were waiting on the weather improve so that we were able to make the most of a visit to Uluru so we decided to visit to ... read more

We left Esperance behind us and started our drive up to Kalgoorlie and arrived thankfully just before a huge thunderstorm front rolled in. We found ourselves a handy campsite just on the outskirts of town and the following morning we started a very busy day at the tourist information centre. Kalgoorlie was different than other towns we had visited; it was a gold mining town. Everything was just a little rough around the edges, and while tourism was very well set up there was a big contrast with sightseers and the workers of the town. In addition Kalgoorlie is in the middle of nowhere, in a semi-arid climate, and nothing but bush all around with a few smaller towns dotted in between. While we were here we took in a tour of the mining hall of ... read more

After four months it was time to say goodbye to Williams and all the new friends that we had made and hit the road again. We are going to miss this little town and its people especially the lifelong friends we have made in the Aylmores, the family we have been working for. We had a busy few days leading up to our departure with working our final few shifts at the roadhouse, getting our van ready to hit the road again and saying our goodbyes. We spent a good few evenings having Bar-be-que’s and a drink or two with the Aylmore’s. They even treated us to a home cooked meal the night before we left, and let us tell you it was amazing. It was so lovely to sit around their dining room table and ... read more

Well, we have been in Australia nearly six weeks now, and our time here is flying by already. We landed in Perth and spent 10days sorting out bank accounts, getting our mobile phones up and running, looking at and buying our campervan and hunting for jobs. We were successful with our job hunt and on the 7th October we had left Perth behind us and we drove south to Williams (in our new camper), which is 3 hour drive from Perth. Williams is a tiny little town with a population of only 450 people. It is a stop off for the local farming community and people travelling through alike and it consists of a post office, 3 petrol stations, a police station, a general store and a handful of houses. And it will be our home ... read more

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