Ross River Resort Alice Springs

... all five walks we did. It absolutely blew me away with the scenery. Unfortunately we'll have to wait for most of the pictures on that because it's hard to do it justice without the panoramic, but I'll try. That night we did do some more legit bush camping on the Finke River near Palm Valley, and I saw a dingo right before I fell asleep. Freeeeaky. But the stars were just as good this night.

The fifth walk, through Palm Valley, was pretty cool as well. What was kind of ...

... After completing that trek we had luch and then drove the 300 kms to Kings creek station, near kings canion! We had dinner that evening and all headed to bed pretty ealry as we had to be up again at 4.50 am!

We all managed to get up on time and headed to the canion where we had breakfast! We started the 5.5 km treak at about 6 am! As so monay people visit the canion they have implmented a one way system in the trek track along the rim of the canion! The start of this ...

In 1992, my daughter and I took off for an extended tour around Europe. We were meeting my husband in various cities when he could take the time off work to meet us. This was our first big trip and we were not experience travelers. This was also a time when airlines allowed you to take more luggage with you so we each had a lot of clothes we were hauling around with us. And it was also when we didn't have a whole lot of money so ...

Flew from Cairns to Alice Springs. I took a 20 minute walk into town to check things out. This is the only town in the middle of nowhere. It reminded me of a old western movie. There were alot of Aboriginal people hanging out and selling artwork on the sidewalk. Not alot of time here to really check things out. Tomorrow bright and early I start my camping trip to Ayers Rock.

Woohoo! Last day of work! Luckily my boss gave me the day off, so officially I finished yesterday, but Nico did the early morning session of ballooning and then we spent the rest of the day getting drunk at a BBQ Nico's boss had organised. We had lots of marinated chicken wings, sausages and then lamb steaks, which was all gorgeous, plus lots and lots of decent quality wine- how we're ...

... There is a climb that you can do, which I'm sure some of you have heard of. What I didn't realize was that it is considered disrespectful to do the climb as well as very dangerous. The traditional owners ask people to not do it, and they have signs up all over. It looked SO steep going up and a ton of people have died attempting it.
Anyway, at this point there was a HUGE black cloud coming our way. Everyone was getting antsy to see a storm over the rock! Even our ...

... gentle and sloping while different parts are craggy and steep and the shapes change as you circle it.
On our long way back to civilization we stopped for a camel ride in the desert. Good fun.
Back in Alice we all washed off the red dust and sand and met up for food and drinks at the Rock Bar. Had Kangaroo for the first time and actually quite liked it.
Sleeping in a bed without being covered in red dust never felt so good than that night.

... survival tips, too should anyone ever cross paths with one. The kangaroo will take your hand in his paws and pull you towards him while looking you in the eye. He is not trying to shake your hand or give you a warm Aussie Outback welcome though as past tourists have thought. Actually that was their last thought because once the human subject is close to the roo's body, he will stand up on one foot and slice the human open with the other. So we ...

... transport system is fab and for a day tripper ticket costing only $17, you can hop on and off buses, trains and ferries across the city centre and the wider suburbs - so I did on several days. On one day I went to Bondi Beach in the morning, posting my last NZ episode from Macdonalds as wifi access is free, then coffee and baklava in the afternoon at a Greek kafenion in a very upmarket little enclave of Woolnarra, a haven of peace after the brashness of Bondi, a wander round the ...