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Published: September 30th 2008
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Kings Canyon
The Starting hill. Well Hello again. ready for the next marathon installment?!
17/9/08 Kings Creek Station to Ayers Rock.
UP at 5:45 (am) ot pack up swags and have breakfast. Then off to Kings creek Canyon (as seen in the film Priscilla Queen of the Desert) to walk the rim before it got way to hot! The first section is very steep (see pictures - yes there are tiny little ppl if you look closely at the near vertical bit!) Beautiful views but still very hot, took about 3 hrs.
Back to the station for lunch then off we drive to Ayers rock resort - all very tired from walking and slept lot on the journey. Saw mount conner first, then Ayers rock then Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). Stayed in Yuluru (sp?) the town/resort especially because of all the visitors to the rock. Accommodation is basic to say the least. the rooms were square. 2 walls had a set of bunk beds each, (thats the length of the wall) and the others had the window and door. the toilets and showers were in another block - oddles of fun packing in that room. hung around the bar and played pool then early to
bed.
On the bus at 540am to go and watch the sunrise over Ayers rock - beautiful. On to Ayers rock to walk around the base. You can climb it, but it is a against the wishes of the Aboriginal ppl that live there, and you can die!!! so i walked the base. there are parts of the rock you cannot take pictures of because they are sacred to the tribe that live there.
Took a Harley ride around the rock and on the open road - brilliant, grinning like a loon all the way.
Off to the Olgas for a walk up the valley in there - much shorter and cooler. Then back to the resort and off on a helicopter flight over Kata Tjuta and Ayers rock. AMazing view but horrible turbulance - all 5 of us felt very rough when we got off. Then in the evening we went back to the rock to watch sunset and drink Champagne! A long and busy day. (entries will now get shorter).
19/9/08 Ayers rock to Alice Springs
Brekkie cooked by shaz and paul - yum. stopped for photo ops and lunch on the drive then back in to
Uluru
Sunrise Alice. Group photo outside alice - much fun. In alice went to Kmart and bought some shhrots and skirts - too hot still. Went to Overlander Steakhouse for dinner - not good food but other wise fun.
20/9/8 Alice Springs to Cairns.
Simpsons gap in the morning. brieft time in Alice (see earlier entry), then off to airport to fly ot Cairns (via Uluru, oddly). GOt in to Cairns early evening and met new driver and guide. they have ok moments but mostly they are complete Dicks. not so good, we avoid them most of the time. Out for dinner and drinks but came home early.
21/9/8 Great Barrier Reef
Catamaran from port Douglas (1.5 hrs out) to permanent pontoon on the great barrier reef. Went snorkeling on the great barrier reef - took and underwater camera but left the CD int eh hotel so wiill have to upload them next time! Amazing. and sexy in all in one lycra stinger suits to protect from jelly fish.
Back to port Douglas for an early night - tired from all the swimming.
22/9/8 Free day
Went into Cairns in the morning and did some shopping. came back
Uluru
Sunrise (later) for a quick swim and then went back to the night markets- much fun again.
23/8/9 Cairns to the Whitsundays
Called Laura when i got up at 530 am (early departure) and it was the day before in England - weird. Long drive via townsville. Stopped in Arlie beach for lunch/break and then got the ferry to the Whitsundays. Staying on Long Island. early night again.
24/8/9 Cameria (a boat)
Spent the day sailing around the Whitsundays. stopped at whitehaven beach then had a bbq on the boat - excellent food and free drinks all day. managed to get very sun burnt on two strips on my back which are now peeling - lovely.
25/8/9 Free day
Took a short walk with Haley on the island. then sat by the hot tub until it rained. Played monopoly for 2 hrs (came 2 or 3 cant remember). finally read some of my book while the others napped. then played cludeo with some of the others - evon won.
26/8/9 Whitsundays to Rockhampton cattle station
Early ferry. Stopped to by fancy dress type bits for dress up night on way down to rockhampton.
Had a tractor trailer tour
Harley Riding
My driver Michael and the bike of the station. huge place run by 4 ppl. rooms off central barn. good night and excellent food - full roast! start gazing. more than 3000 stars and the milky way - and this wasnt a brilliant night apparently!!!!!!!
27/8/9 Rockhampton to Fraser Island.
Stopped at Childers (Palace hotel Arson 9 yrs ago killed 8 brits - memorial now). Drove on to Herley bay to catch the ferry over to frasers. Fancy dress evening. good costumes, fun.
28/8/9 Fraser Island
Up early for a 4 wheel drive (BUS) tour of the island for the morning. went to a perch dune lake 76m baove sea level - basically a giant very old rain puddle. brilliant fun bouncing along in the bus. then on to the rainforest with a river so clear and clean you can drink it ( i didnt). saw a bar sided skink and a large goanna.
Shower then down to the Jetty hut to watch the sun set over the water - saw no dingos though 😞
29/9/8 Fraser Island to Surfers Paradise
Left frasers on first ferry and drove to Noosa - yuppie surfers paradise really. then on to brisbane. stopped at an opal
shop (bought pretty things). had a wander round before driving on to surfers paradise. Quick turn around before dinner at draculas - absolutely brillinat.
http://www.draculas.com.au/goldcoast_queensland/index.asp
30/8/9 Today - Surfers paradise.
Walked into town to play with the tinerweb, going to go and try not to get lost on the way back. GOing out on another 4wd tour, this time in rain forest this avo.
Love to all!
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