Into the Outback

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Heading towards Australia´s center I first tried to hitch my way through the outback. There´s only one highway going south, the Stuard Highway, and I thought with the friendly Ozzies and a clear direction to head to it wouldn´t be a problem. But after about 300km in an outback town called Katherine I got stuck. Nobody seemed to go any further, the sun and the humidety were stewing me in my own grease. So I chose the pool option for the rest of the day and marveld at ever-changing outback vegetation from inside the airconditioned Ghan, a once adventurous but today fairly usual train ride. It took me from the lush green humidety to the red and dry area in central Australia, to Alice Springs.

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Photos

Katherine River - Katherine
Still very green, especially along the rivers. Well, it´s wet season and Katherine is only 300ks from Darwin.

Pool Picture
Nearly every Backpackers in NT features a swimming pool. New luxury that is easy to get used to...

Strange Creatures
This one I found near Uluru.

Camels
On the way back from Uluru to Alice Springs I hitched a ride with two german guys. Since they had rented a 4wd they had to use the dirt road instead of the highway... that´s how we came across these camels.