Blogs from Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Entry 14 Sandover/Alice spring We arrived at Commoweal. It was a small town with three hundred people in it. We camped down by a billabong. It was really muddy and our tarps got really skanky. There were lots of brolgas everywhere. The next day we set of down the bumpy dirt road (the Sandover Hwy) and only passed three cars. There were no camping sites so we bush camped. It was really scrubby. We lit a fire and chucked heaps of dead grass on it. We packed up the next morning and went down the road to Alice Springs filling up the diesel tank at Alparra for $2 a litre (the most expensive fuel so far). In Alice Springs, we stayed at a caravan park where you can feed the black footed rock wallabies. They had ... read more

Was woken up at 0500 by the alarm. Naturally pressed snooze for 10 minutes- even Ali, who is normally the early bird, wasn't feeling the love for this time of day. (as Chris said before we left- there's only one 5 o clock in Emma's day, and it ain't the morning one) anyway, after a shower and a coffee, we made our way to the meeting point, only to see the bus driving away. Ali had a right flap that we'd missed it, but it was only 0555 and we weren't meant to be getting picked up until 6am. Panic over when we met another couple who were on the same trip, and a couple of minutes later our bus arrived. There were 8 of us in the group, and with Ali now officially classed ... read more

En quittant les petits monts insolites de Coober Pedy, nous nous sommes dirigés vers le « Red Centre ». Nous attaquons ainsi la partie centrale de l’Australie, cœur rouge, terre rouge, trésors rouges… Nous reprenons donc la Stuart Highway que nous avons quitté l’histoire de 2-3 jours pour l’escale à Coober Pedy. Notre route va encore une fois traverser de magnifiques paysages de l’outback, nous donnant tout de même l’impression que les décors changent petit à petit. L’outback devient plus aride, la végétation sèche, la chaleur monte, la terre devient plus foncée… ça promet ! Pour atteindre notre prochaine destination, nous traversons encore une fois une frontière et arrivons dans un autre Etat : les Territoires du Nord. Après avoir fait le plus long trajet de notre épopée en une journée, à savoir 731 kilomètres en ... read more

Yulara, the service town for Uluru, was not at all like we had imagined. We thought that it would be a small town however it was more a collection of different standards of accommodation from camping up to 5 star and a small supermarket for them all. Thankfully there was a petrol station there which was a bit cheaper. We got up early the next morning and managed to pack everything away in time to make to it to Uluru by 8am, just in time for the guided ranger walk. he told us a bit about the culture of the local people, the Anangu, and how they managed to survive off the land. He also explained why Uluru was so important to them. In the Anangy culture every creature has a story about their creation. These ... read more

Day 146-148 29th-31stJanuary This blog is dedicated to my Grandma. She always wanted to go to Uluru and loved looking at these photos and hearing all about it when we returned. We miss you every day. xxx We had an early flight the next day to Uluru and Wade and Melissa had really kindly offered to drive us to Sydney Airport which was really cool of them because we had to leave the house at 6am! We were all fairly quiet on the way there and it was a bit of a sad goodbye to them both at the airport. The world is a big place and who knows when we will meet again? We really got an idea of how freaking big Australia is on our flight to Uluru. Its 1347 miles away and the ... read more