Blogs from Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 306

It's not all of the photos, but I've already spent what feels like days in the internet cafe so I'll add some more later! Enjoy, Laura xx... 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

a handful of photos from the first part of the trip Darwin - Alice Springs. Enjoy x... read more

What is the best known natural wonder of Australia? Right, it's Ayers Rock. Today it's called Uluru again. That's the Aboriginal name. And where is it located? In Australia center, right in the middle. So you might think that's not far away from Alice Springs, mh? But it's still about a 450km drive, a little bit further south along Stuart Highway and somewhat west on Lasseter Highway. Mr. Lasseter was looking for gold in the desert west of Stuart Highway during the wild days. Nobody knows if he found some because he didn't come back. On the way you pass by Mt. Connor, another rock formation eroded out of the desert ground. And then finally, where the road ends in the middle of nowhere is Uluru. And Kata Tjuta. You never heard about it? I did ... read more

Voila deja trois semaines que nous taillons les manguiers, non loin de Darwin. Au rythme de 10 heures par jours sous le cagnard et en gigottant beaucoup, on a trouve la formule miracle pour avoir la ligne tout en se faisant plein de pepettes... Je pense que l'on va breuvete l'idee. Apres avoir passe un noel peu conventionnel, un super barbecue avec nos collegues de travail en short et t-shirt, nous avons termine le champ assigne. Tres tres ravi de quitter enfin la ferme, c'est le coeur en joie que nous rangeons Raymonde et nous preparons a prendre la route, surtout que notre prochaine etape se trouve au centre d'un magnifique national park, classe patrimoine mondial, le KAKADU NATIONAL PARK (kakadou dou dou...), on a vraiment hate. Derniere nuit a Darwin, dans une ruelle a cause ... read more