Friday was our last day in Alice Springs, but it wasn’t without a bit of excitement. In fact, Hillary had lost her jacket from the night before! We spent a good chunk of the day walking back and forth between our own hostel, and the hostel where we met up with our tour mates the previous night. Eventually on the third try, Hillary was successful and finally found it! It was a huge relief for the both of us since our matching jackets were Christmas gifts before leaving on our trip, and they’re the only coats we brought with us. Lol That evening we boarded the bus to head to Darwin. It was a long bus ride, just under 24 hours! We made plenty of stops, but it still wears on you regardless. We left around ... read more

Day 2: We were up early on our second day in the Outback, around 6:30am. It’s nice to get up in the Outback before the sun rises, because as soon as it does, the millions and millions of flies swarm around you. After rolling up our swags and eating a quick breakfast, we were on the road again, heading to our next destination. On the way, we stopped for some good, old-fashioned grub digging! Luckly for us, we didn’t find any so we didn’t have to eat any!! Haha We arrived in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park around 9:40am, and got our first glimpse of Uluru!! Uluru is the largest monolithic (single rock) structure in the world. It appears red due to the high level of iron in the sand of the Outback. It is of great ... read more

Alice Springs was a nice place. For a town (population: about 25,000) in the middle of the outback of Australia (a very harsh and dry climate) it was quite pleasant actually. Shopping centres, outdoor pedestrian malls, restaurants, a movie theatre… But the real reason for most people to travel this far inland… is Uluru (Ayers Rock). Of course it’s still a half day’s trip away (something like a 6 hour drive). So we made sure that the first thing we did was book ourselves a tour out there to see the world’s largest monolithic (single rock) structure, which we did through the appropriately named “The Rock Tour”. But the earliest we could book was 5 days away, so we had plenty of time to check out the town. On our first day, which was Thursday (and ... read more

HAPPY EASTER TO OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK IN CANADA!! This is just a short "current" entry to wish you all a very happy Easter from us over here in Australia. lol We hope everyone is having a very relaxing holiday and enjoying time spent with family and loved ones. We are thinking of you all often. :) We especially would like to wish a very happy holiday to Lauren and Bruce. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH!!! We are so happy for you and wish you all the best! Take care everyone and thanks for checking out our blog! Love, Hillary and Kevin... read more

April 8th: The good thing, at least the good thing for me, about Kevin not wanting to go on any tours is that I get to go on two (instead of just one)! For my second day trip I went on a tour focusing on the rainforest, waterfalls, and Paronella Park (castles!). Again, I was picked up right outside of the hostel very early in the morning by the tour guide in a small, ten-seater van. The group was small today: 5 other people, all of them Australian (middle-aged), and myself! They were all very nice and I spent much of the day explaining where I was from, how long I had been in Australia, how I was liking it, what I have seen, etc. After picking up the whole group, we drove south, away from ... read more