Only 15 days until we're home, 1 year and 28 days since selling up. David Jones recording.
If you've been an avid follower of this blog you won't be surprised to hear that our ventures into the Outback have not involved any tents, camping stoves or dodgy dunnies. We've had a four star adventure in the Outback, and it's been lovely.
Alice Springs, the little city in the red centre of Australia turns out to be a pleasant and surprisingly green place to stay (well it is at the moment, they have had ten times their usual rain in the last year, but fortunately not while we're here). The air is clear, the sky blue, the breeze blows through the gum trees, and the whole vibe is relaxing.
Our main reason for being here is to see the famous Uluru (what used to be called Ayer's Rock). We took a day trip there, which meant an early start - people don't realise that it's a five hour solid drive each way across the desert from Alice Springs!
Emu Run tours did it all very well. Kept us entertained on the ride out, we saw a few camels, and some emus. They took us over to see Kata Tjuta first, another big red rock formation (which from the right angle looks like Homer Simpson lying down at sunset) before driving us over to Uluru itself.
We were amazed by the mystical looking big red rock created hundreds of millions of years ago. Our guide told us some of the mystical aboriginal stories which make this place sacred for them as we walked around. We rounded the day off with a glass of champagne and a good old Aussie barbie as the sun set on the rock. Cool bananas. See you in Queensland.
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Posted by: Buy and Sell | 12/06/2011 at 08:48 AM