"Territory & Outback" Tour July 13th 2006 Well..we last left you with the thought of our 15 hour coach journey to Alice Springs (ahh!) Turns out that the tour we were about to embark on was well worth the journey!!! We had a couple of days in Alice Springs before the tour started so, in true form, we spent them 'pottering' around and exploring. We really liked Alice Springs. It was quite different to how we had both imagined it. We t ... read more
Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more
Hi...we're Karen & Jamie and we have left our jobs at home in 'sunny' Northampton, England (now 'self-unemployed')to pursue a life-long dream to travel. We started our year long around-the-world adventure on Feb 6th 2006 in Hong Kong. After 5 nights we are moving on to Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia (where a little work may be needed!), New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands & finally the USA.... full info