Mount Nancy Motel Alice Springs

... for me!!!! Q lots of angry stares toward me on entering the bus!!!!<br>So off we headed for the Rock itself!!! I can't describe just how big the actual thing is!!! It is in the middle of a toatally flat plan and then BOOM there it is, massive and hulking like a fossilised animal rooted to the spot!! We walked about 3/4 of the base walk but did not finiah as it was too hot! We got to see lots of cave paintings and visted various diffrent caves at thet foot of the rock ...

... had some cheese and crackers and a beverage or two and watched the magnificent rock change colours as the sun set behind it.<br> <br>Our next stop was Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) &#8211; a striking collection of rounded rocks (Kata Tjuta means many heads). We did 2 short walks here to Walpa Gorge and Valley of the Winds look-out. It's amazing to see both The Olgas and Ayers Rock &#8211; these huge rock formations jutting out of the desert floor in the middle of Australia ...

... and started <br>the long 5 hour drive back only stopping at a camel farm for a camel ride! I <br>didn't do it as I've already done it twice before but I sat and watched some of <br>the others do it with much hilarity.<br><br>We got back to Alice at around 3 and <br>just chilled out by the pool and had dinner, at 7:30 we walked into town to meet <br>up with everyone else on the trip for a few beer. These few beers turned into <br>many and we found ourselves staggering back at 3am!

We are now gradually making our way back to Adelaide. <br>Kakadu was absolutely beautiful as can be seen from the photos. South of Kakadu we stayed at Bitter Springs about 500m from the springs. There were steps part way along the narrow waterway that enabled you to enter the crystal clear water and swim with the slow current about 50m to an exit ...

... start and a good bush breakfast we made our way to Kata Tjuta - some incredible rock formations very close to Ulu Ru and one of the most sacred sites for the Aborigines - and walked through the Valley of the Winds. What will stick with me are the colours....the red soil, the red rocks and the incredibly blue sky. In the afternoon we had the chance to visit the Aboriginal Cultural Center and learn a bit about the mythological stories tied to Ulu Ru and the ...

... t presume things like that anymore. <br><br>An hour of beeping led to a mutiny, and with everyone's encouragement I took the bag and dumped it in the old man's lap. An Australian lady then motioned for these morons to fish out the alarm and turn it off. The wife was so startled she ran to the restroom with one hand firmly clutching her butt while waiving the other. I think the English translation would be, "oops I ******* myself." Yes, it really is ...

... aber sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Am Flughafen hatte ich bereits mehrere Fahrgelegenheiten in die Stadt und Visitenkarten falls ich Rat und Hilfe brauche. Als ich beim Hotel fragte wie lange ich zu Fuss in die Stadt benötige war die Antwort 25 Minuten, wenn ich will bringt sie mich aber in die Stadt (da habe ich natürlich nicht nein gesagt :-)). Etwas verwirrt hat mich eine ältere Dame die aufgrund meines Akzents gedacht hat ich sei Schotte&#8230; Was es nicht alles gibt ;-)

Hey folks. Sorry it&#8217;s been ages since my last update but I&#8217;ve been busy trying to cram some last minute sightseeing into my time left in Oz. My 6 weeks work in Townsville isn&#8217;t much to write home about. I think after coming from somewhere like Thursday Island anywhere would have been slightly disappointing. Firstly I was working in a private hospital which immediately made me dislike it. I had expected the women to be very &#8220;precious&#8221; and ...

... but i forget this now. I was distracted by the lifelike manikin.<br>Everything about this place was FANTASTIC!!! So so bad! You could even buy The Story of Opal at the gift shop at end for a minor $25 on VCR - its apparently won awards too! It was so hard not to, but I compromised with a fridge magnet displaying a classic underground lounge - cow print chairs, doiley upon a glass table, big tv, bear skin rug...... style!<br><br>(From an email send by ...

... to a friend of Brian and Renee Miller who lives in Alice Springs. She was very nice, and sadly we couldn&#8217;t meet because of illness from her pregnancy.<br><br> This morning, I did the quad bike tour. We rode out for 20 minutes to this desolate cattle station (not ranch) to learn about their operations. Of more importance, I rode an ATV for the ...