We're offSept 25 Sydney (Beahces)Sept 26 Sydney (walking tour)Sept 27 Flight to Brisbane28Sept SPACESHIPSept 29th KillarneySept 30th Killarney to Glen Innes1Oct Glenn Inns to Warren2Oct Warren to White Cliffs3Oct White Cliffs to Broken Hill4Oct Broken Hill to Flinders Rangers5Oct – Flinders RangersOct 6 – Flinders to Port Augusta7 Oct - Port Augusta to Coober Pedy7Oct - What have we learnt so far…7Oct - Next up8 Oct – Coober Pedy to Mt Ebenezer9 Oct Mt Ebenezer to Yulara10 Oct Ayers Rock to Alice Springs11 Oct Alice Springs to Tennant Creek.12 Oct Tennant Creek to CloncurryOct 13 Cloncurry to Karumba14 Oct Karumba to Ravenshoe15 Oct Ravenshoe to Yungaburra16 Oct Yungaburra to Cairns (Palm Cove)17 Oct Palm Cove to Port Douglas18 Oct Port Douglas to Newell Beach19 Oct Newell Beach to CairnsOct 20 Cairns to Bingal Bay (Mission Beach)Oct 21 Bingal Bay (Mission Beach)Oct 22 Bingal Bay (Mission Beach)Oct 23 Bingal Bay - InghamOct 24 Ingham - Home HillOct 25 Home Hill to ProserpineOct 26 Proserpine to RockhamptonOct 27 Rockhampton to 1770Oct 28 1770Oct 29 1770 to Bundaburg (Burnett Heads)Oct 30 Burnett Heads – Tin Can BayOct 31 TinCan Bay to Rainbow beachNov 1 Rainbow beach to CaloundraNov 2 Caloundra to Main armNov 3 Main arm to Byron BayNov 4 Byron Bay to WooliNov 5 WooliNov 6 Wolli to BerrimaBerrima to Eltham (Melbourne)Nov 8 - 22 Eltham (Melbourne)nov 23 Eltham to Ballaratnov 24 Ballarat to Mt GambierNov 25 Mt Gambier to PortlandNov 26 Portland to Port CampbellNov 27 Port Campbell to LorneNov 28 Lorne to JanJucNov 29 Jan Juc to CoolendinaDec 3 Coolendina to Ryenov 30 to Dec 2 Surf Coast
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Alice Springs, Australia
At one point we couldn’t help but be baffled by the shear volume of people just pouring out of bus after bus, congregating on this viewing platform waiting, like us, to catch that one elusive shot of the Mood Rock.
Confident she was done changing colours for a bit, we headed to Kata Tjuta or The Olga’s. This is another sedimentary rock formation but instead of the one famous chunk it’s many, much less famous chunks scattered around. We once again laced up the old running shoes (now red from the outback sand), strapped on the hydration backpacks and embarked on the 7.4km Valley of the Winds walk. This was a bit more challenging than the Uluru base walk but nothing compared St Mary’s Peak. At one point I felt like a needed to sit, just then we crossed a group of senior citizens and I felt suddenly ashamed… if they can do it, hell I should be able to do it!
After the walk we made a quick detour and snuck back into the overpriced resort and took another 20 minute shower… Nice and Clean we headed straight to Alice Springs in true hwy junky form, skipping over everything and anything in our path. We even forwent the trip to Kings Canyon and apparently we really missed out… oh well!
We did stop at Devil’s Marbles but just for a quick look and a pee. We got to chatting with a Kiwi and he mentioned a much nicer way to get to Cairns so we will be following his advice and traveling on the Burk then Gulf Development Roads instead of the Barkley Hwy.
We arrived in Alice Springs and settled in at the G’Day Mate Caravan Park. Our only reason for picking this place over all the others was that they supplied free clothes pins for the clothes line. Maybe the pool had something to do with it too! We wasted no time getting into our swimsuit and made our way to the pool. It was just before dinner and the pool was swarming with kids, all of them running around, doing cannonballs, splashing each other AND US *shakes fist*, fighting over noodles and beach balls... Marc-André and I looked like two old fudie duddies at the end of the pool but we did enjoy the commotion as it reminded us of home.
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