Blogs from Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 3

We were woken up around 4.30am to make sure we were up in time to see the sunrise over Uluru. We had to put the sleeping bags and swag bags bs I on the bus and quickly pack up,our stuff and get ourselves ready to leave camp. Rob had already put the kettle on to boil and when we were all on the bus he popped it on the step inside the bus and wedged it in place so it didn't spill,on any one. We drove to the place we watched the sunset, there weren't as many people there this time (not silly enough to get up at stupid o clock in the morning lol). Rob set up the breakfast stuff and we watched the sun rise chomping on tea and toast lol. After sunrise and ... read more

Yesterday I arrived in Alice Springs after a 36 hour ish trip on 3 greyhound buses over 4 legs! It wasn't as bad as I envisioned but only the first bus had a USB pier point and wifi, so for the longest trip I've done on the greyhound bus I was stranded with no wifi or anyway to charge up my electrical items grrrrr! Anyhow I arrived on time and was met by a guy from the tour company who I was travelling with. He gave me the kiwi down on the trip how it works what I needed to take etc and he also telephoned the hostel so they could come and pick me up :-) I got checked in and powered up my electrical items and had a snooze and a shower and then ... read more

We met us at 6:15 a.m. for a walking tour. A bus brought us back to Kings Canyon. There started the track. There are stone stairs up to the top. There we saw the beginning of sunrise. We followed the track and took a lot of photos. Two and a half hour later we met the rest of our group at car park. First stop was a photo stop. Next stop was in eyeshot of Mt. Connor. The biggest toothbrush of the world. On the other side of the road was Lake Amadeus. Next stop Yulara. There is a small supermarket but I didn't find what I was looking for. We had one hour in our hotel next to Yulara and I walked to a lookout. You can see Ayers Rock and the Olgas from lookout. ... read more

Dear all, firstly, thank you again for such lovely comments and messages. As always, so lovely to hear from you all, thank you! Hoping you're all keeping well x So, gosh, I don't know where to begin with this week... Invigorating, exciting and actually quite life affirming. Partly due to the breathtaking scenery, partly due to the physical challenges and partly due to having met a very special lady (explained below). But firstly, let's go back to the beginning... So, our tour began in Alice Springs, I was picked up by a 4WD truck at 6am and then whittled down a very long, very straight (and very red) road down to Uluru: picking up other group members along the way - 13 of us in total. The journey took six hours, but went pretty quickly as ... read more

Vi startede i Australiens Outback og samtidig ingenting. Eller med andre ord, vi startede med et eller rettere flere besøg ved Ayers Rock. Man kan kun bo 20 km væk. Det er der, hvor Anungoerne ( den slags aboriginals, der bor her) har givet tilladelse til, at der kan opføres hoteller. Her er så en helt lille by med 4-5 hoteller og campingplads. Ayers Rock er meget imponerende, men det er "The Olgas" skam også (anden storslået klippeformation ca. 50km væk fra Ayers). Vi havde håbet at skulle gå hele vejen rundt om Ayers, men varmen (op til 40 grader) og det forhold, at Laura har været dårlig nogle dage betød, at vi måtte tage kortere ture. Mange gåture bliver ogsån enten totalt lukket, når temperaturen når 36-38 grader, eller lukkes fx ml kl 9 og ... read more