Novotel Outback Alice Springs

... going to stress the lizard too much so we went ahead and left him alone and departed. I wonder how they got the lizards in the movie "Holes" to open their frills and hiss on command because there were a lot of lizards in that movie and that's about all they did was run and hiss and frill themselves. Maybe we will be lucky enough to see one open his frill elsewhere without having to resort to tacky measures.

... this was the method of choice around these parts. So we started doing the Aussie method and were managing it quite well. <br> Now we are in a fairly fancy hotel again for a few nights. So imagine our surprise when we went to their Thai restaurant for dinner and were told since we didn't have a booking, it would be at least an hour before we could get a table. As we are standing there, we looked at the empty ...

... nous étions en direction pour voir le levé du soleil sur Uluru. Encore une fois, une affluence incroyable de bus étaient sur le site spécifiquement érigé pour cette activité. Sans être déçu, je sens que le levée de soleil du Grand Canyon sera dur à battre ! Par la suite, nous avions le choix de gravir Uluru ou bien de faire le sentier de 9.6km qui l&#8217;entoure. Ayant été bien éduqué sur le fait que les Anangus ne veulent pas que les gens le grimpent (car selon leur ...

... people had told me, "it's just a rock. Why are you going out there?" I was starting to wonder the same thing, but thought, I'll give it a go. <br>The next morning at 6am, the driver for the tour picks a group of us up at the hostel. After picking up a few more people (we had 21 in all) we were ready for the few hour drive to the sites. We get to Kings Canyon (within the Watarrka National Park, 270m high) for our first 3 hour hike. Yes, 3 hours. In 40 something degree ...

Thirty hours on board a train is about all I can handle in one sitting and my butt, brain and patience level had reached their limit by the time we rolled into Alice Springs. That is how long the journey from Darwin to Alice Springs took aboard The Ghan and that includes 4 hours in Katherine and then five hours in the middle of the night when the train just stopped and rested for whatever reason under pitch black skies. Katherine was the only train ...

... area is now off limits to the general public, and Alice Wanderer has exclusive rights to this area of the reserve.<br> <br>Soon after we arrive at ranger&#8217;s station and were greeted by Ricky Orr, a traditional custodian of the area. Over a delicious lunch of cold meats and salads, plus billy tea, Ricky explained his family&#8217;s connection with the land, and about the cultural values of the area.<br> <br>After lunch we continued onto the site which the Southern ...

... treks &amp; the sheer size or Uluru was breath taking. Once that was done we had a nice relaxing journey back to Alice springs &#8211; were we saw a huge native bird, the wedge tailed eagle feasting on carcases of kangaroos. We were also lucky to see sand cyclones! The last stop was at a Camel farm, where we had a go on some racing camels and they got to a gallop, which was fun. <br><br>The trip was awesome! Really tough at times but so worth the experience. <br>

... seemed to take offence at the noise but if you want peace and quiet I don&#8217;t think you should book into a backpacker hostel.<br><br>Alice Springs has lots of outlets and galleries for Aboriginal Art &#8211; some for the souvenir market but mostly for the art market. There was an exhibition at the Arts Centre called Desert Mob which happens every year at this time where the artists from the surrounding areas exhibit their works and serious collectors and galleries from home and ...

... way to learn whilst also promoting his reptile centre in town. You can hold the lizards and snakes for free aswell and this time I finally managed to get Nico to take some photos of me. I held Jake, the blue-tongued lizard; Hooch, the Shingleback, also known as the Sleepy Lizard because they're so lazy (apparently they mate for life and the story goes that if one of the partners is run over ...

Found a job! Finally got so bored that I started looking in the local newspaper (the Centralian Advocate) and was thinking about getting a cleaning job (just a couple of hours per day, but decent money) when I saw an advert for a position at the local wildlife park. I thought, what a great place to work, so gave the guy a ring and got the job! Easy as that! There was an article in the local paper the other day about how easy it is ...