Blogs from Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 58

Just a few pics to show you our little, or sometimes not so little friends!!!... read more

Hi everyone, Thanks for the comments Margery and Helen. Of course the prospect of returning to the lovely beaches and sun of the mighty O.T is something I'm rubbing my hands in anticipation about!! So...here Iam in Alice Springs after a 1700km drive down from Darwin. Darwin was a tad disappointing actually, very very quiet due to the wet season. The humidity was pretty tough going aswell but something that I'll remember for a long time is Kakadu National Park which is one of the best things ive done so far. I never thought I'd hold a Water Python around me but I did, and I never thought I'd stroke a 6ft crocodile on the back (it was with a rod of course), but I did. This was a real treat because the organisers from my ... read more

Now that i am travelling alone, i seem to have a preoccupation with meeting other people, this has stemmed a bit from an email i received from Cal (the guitarist who i met in New Zealand) who said that meeting others is the most rewarding part of travelling. Therefore on my first day in Alice Springs i was looking to talk to people and try to latch on to them a bit (god, I'm insecure). Anyway i met a few people who all seemed to range from coming across as fine to annoying. However the people i met that i really did like were a British couple called Jo and Rich. They are in their mid thirties and have been travelling on and off (but mostly on) for three years and are two and a half ... read more

Apologies people for my rather slack attitude of late. I will blame this in part on spending much of the last few weeks in the middle of nowhere, where internet, should it exist at all, tends to be fairly expensive. Some of you might know that my plans did not involve heading in to the red centre, but i am very glad i changed my mind. Travelling through the outback was a fantastic experience, and now i am considering shortening my time on the east coast even more, and heading back into the wilderness for a while. It has been three weeks since i left civilisation (unless you include Alice Springs as civilisation), and being back in a big city (and a very touristy one at that) feels a little stange. So i headed off from ... read more

Once it was what the name is telling you, a place to find water on the lang way south. Later on it became an important telegraph station and planes were made to connect it to Adelaide at the south coast via a railway line. Today Alice is still not a big city (around 30,000 residents) but it´s clearly a tourist destination. People come here visit the 'Red Center´ of Australia and to experience Aboriginal culture. Nowhere else can you buy so many digeridoo and other Aboriginal stuff. For Backpacker that do not jet around Australia it´s the hub for a visit to Ayers Rock. When I arrived and steped out of the Ghan I found it to be faitly pleasant concerning the weather. The locals said that they had had quite a lot of rain and ... read more