I came to Australia with no plans. I like having the flexibility to decide when Iarrive in a new country. I really intended to go to New Zealand, then I checked out the temperatures for this time of the year. It's COLD there. So, I decided to stay in Australia for my six weeks in the south Pacific. I spent six days in Melbourne, its right in the southern part of Australia, so it was pretty cold there for a few days. I met a guy from Sweden, he suggested going to the outback, Alice Springs and Ayers Rock. I kept thinking... sounds like a plan. So after three long bus rides, each about 12 hours we arrived in Alice Springs. We spent one night in a small town called Cobber Pedy, its a little mining town about 800 from Adelaide and that far again from Alice Springs. Talk about being in the middle of nowhere. I stayed in a hostel that was carved out of stone under ground. Many of the houses in this town are under ground, mostly to get away from the scorching summer temperatures, apparently it gets into the 50's. It was a very unique place. Not much to do but unique nevertheless. We arrived in Alice Springs yesterday. The town is pretty much closed today because of Good Friday. We leave on a three day tour of King's Canyon and Ayers Rock on Sunday. We sleep outside under the stars in 5-10 degrees. BRRR. Should be a lot of fun. Funny thing is I thought Ayer's Rocks was in or very close to Alice Springs, its about a 4-5 hours drive due west. Who knew.
I haven't uploaded many pictures lately, I've been having some trouble with one of my camera chips, I lost all of my pictures from Singapore and Melbourne. I moved onto a new chip. I'll upload some next week of Ayers Rock.
I just finished booking travel tickets home. I arrive in Vancouver on May 27. Hard to believe its time to think about that.
2 comments:
G'day mate! Glad your having fun in Ozzie land, seen any kangaroos? Hows the outback, it really is the middle of nowhere, but sound awesome. Were in Laos still, (been Very good!) then heading to Chiang Mai for Songkran (water) festival before Phuket for 2 weeks on boat with my Dad (yep, 8 months and he's coming over to see us for the 4th time!). Were in Oz - Airlie Beach from the 6th May onwards, so would be great to catch up if you get up there! Hope to see you there maybe??? Han and Joexxxx
Wow Max - it must be sad for you to think of coming back to reality and schedules and cold and and and .....I hope you find a warm spot to relax and enjoy the rest of your trip. i hear you will be busy finding a place to live etc. and then off to Africa! What a traveler you are.
See you in may.
God Bless and Happy Easter.
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