Blogs from Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 20

.... as the journey continued jerry still kept flirting, but I stood my ground! Other than the touching up from a camel the ride through the desert was pretty nice, which was complimented by a lovely sunset, although as soon as the sunset it was freezin! Yoli went prepared with a hoodie, I on the other hand did not! If it got much colder I may of needed to seek some camel lovin to keep me warm, but (thankfully) before this scenario occured we had returned to the camel farm - a warm building and cold beer awaited - sorry Jerry! We'd dismounted our camels - which wsa an event in its self - yoli thought this process was worse than the ascent! and returned inside for a couple of cold ones and a few nibbles, ... read more

It seems like a long time since i blogged and it is true. I am writing day four at the end of day 5. I can tell you that that the 13 to 13 members are stuffed!As I write, 5 kids are doing their diary entries and there is total silence. 13 is organizing dinner, jac and i are having a much deserved g and t. Anyway, enough formalities. Here goes. Uluru. wow. That's it. Speechless at points, verbal diarrhoea at others. So much to see, a long day. Headed to the cultural centre first and had a quick squizz. Then to the massive monolith. We all walked the 9.4 k's around the base. Too windy to climb but an experience i would not have missed. Amazing contrasts in colors , vegetation and shapes. Rock paintings ... read more

Hello people. Today we headed to Uluru. Pretty boring drive but once we got past the border of adelaide the scenery got better and we saw some eagles. A couple of bits of road kill and red sand. Joe and I watched a couple of movies as well. The place we're staying at has a pool and a really good play-ground. Spaghetti Bolognaise for dinner and hopefully chilli prawns tomorrow. Can't think of anything else to say so bye. Jack on 13 to 13. HI everyone! Today we drove all the way from Coober Pedy to Uluru! We drove in the middle of nowwhere for ages, although still having fun. We have seen quite a few eagles on our travels so far, a few today having lunch on the dead kangaroo. I've been to the look-out ... read more

The requirement to hum along to that classic piece of Smokie is not obligatory as you read the blog. Uluru is apparently the most visited single site in Australia and if you are wondering if it's worth the effort to get there, the answer is a big yes! We'd been up at some hour well before dawn again, leaving South Australia behind and crossing into the Territory. There clearly wasn't much distinction between the two, as we rolled on past mile after mile of scrub and desert, which was punctuated by yesterday's road kill and feasting wedge tailed eagles. The distance on the map as your fingers space out suggests that the rock is literally next door to Alice, but the distances out here are immense. After a full day of driving from Coober Pedy, we ... read more

We waved "goodbye" to the East Coast feeling very sorry to leave after all the great times we've had there and boarded a plane to Ayers Rock. We stayed at the resort which is a purpose built and overpriced "village" in the middle of the desert within striking distance of both Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas). As I was still feeling pretty rotten, we didn't do much at all on the first day except for book onto buses to go to the two sites and explore the resort a bit. The Outback Pioneer provided the cheapest accomodation but wasn't worth the $30 a night as we were in an unheated dorm of 20 which was freezing at night when thetemperature outside drops to around 2 degrees! But not as freezing as the bathroom ... read more