Blogs from Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 11

Where do I begin? Uluru, also known as "Ayer's Rock" is located near the dead centre of Australia in the legendary "Outback". It is also known as the "Red Centre" because of the spectacular red colour of the landscape. Of course, this being one of their rainiest seasons ever...the landscape was blanketed in a velvet green collage of plants, trees and every prickly type of shrubbery you can imagine. As the plane descended, I was able to see Ayer's Rock from a birds-eye view, and this green blanket only made it stand out even more. Even though we are enamoured with the "Rock" because of our "Priscilla" adoration, this monolith of stone is very sacred to the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. Every crevice, indentation, "landscaping" and shape of this massive stone has an explanation tied in ... read more

Well we arrived back in Sydney which was quite a shock after the serene and quiet Blue Mountains, but we do like this city of contrasts. I do not know if you had noticed from the last published photos but I forgot to mention that Paul is a little lighter now, he was so fed up with everyone saying that he looked like ‘Bill Oddie’ that as soon as we got to Katoomba he noticed a hairdressers on the main street so he quickly deposited me at a café and went across the road to investigate, as he did not come back for ages I wondered across to find him and he was indeed looking extremely younger and the hairdresser was very pleased with the results!! Well it will not take you long to realise that ... read more

Uluru e Kings Canyon (dal 02-05-2006 al 10-05-2006) Manuela e Clint Il titolo di questo racconto di viaggio, “Sulla via di casa… Uluru & Sydney”, non è stato scelto a caso: è proprio quello che abbiamo fatto. Io e mio marito (australiano) ci trasferiamo a Sydney – Australia, per lavoro! Il trasloco è sfiancante, sia dal punto di vista fisico che psicologico. Quindi decidiamo di fare una breve vacanza, prima di cominciare la nostra nuova vita. Avevamo pensato di andare al mare, sulla barriera corallina o alle Fiji, ma poi ci dicono che la stagione non è la migliore e in più alle Fiji ci saranno le elezioni… quindi meglio evitare. E allora?? Allora decidiamo di fermarci a Singapore per 3 giorni e poi, dopo una giornata a Sydney per lasciare qualche valigia ad alcuni amici, ... read more

Whilst I was trying to catch some sleep in the hospital on Tuesday morning Mark got to enjoy an extra morning of the tour before bussing back up to Alice Springs to join me. Hence I'll let him write the bulk of this post! Alrighty then. What to say, what to say? Uh. Well. I guess I got back to camp at about 23:00. Our intrepid bus driver Ben was waiting up. Very noble. I filled him in on unfolding events and he pushed a plate of food that had been saved infront of me. Two 'Roo steaks, two buffalo sausages, a single slice of tomato and a single potato wedge. Hunger satisfied I went to next door's unoccupied camp to secure a tent. For all I know any of the ones I knocked on in ... read more

We had a long drive back in the direction we had come from to get to Yulara which is the Ayres Rock resort. We checked into the campsite and drove to the Olgas, an impressive cluster of domed rocks which form valleys and gorges, they are also known as Kata Tjuta. They are about 30km from Uluru with mount Olga being the tallest standing 200 meters above Uluru. We decided to do the Walpa Gorge walk which took us through the centre of the gorge. The walls of the gorge tower so high above you that its impossible not to get a sense of just how small we are on this huge planet. We then had a rush on to get to the Uluru sunset viewing area on time. Allot is written about how all the ... read more