Slept under the stars in a swag I was well cosy. I lay for what seemed hours just starting at the amazing night sky with no light pollution so many stars! We were all awake before 5am ready to have breakfast and watch the sun rise at 6:30. I packed my swag up and sorted my bags out ready to load on the truck and we were off and ready for a morning hike at Kara kjuta (the olgas ) by 8 am. wow what a place the terrain was steep and rocky! I was determined to d...

We continue on our road trip and after 5 hours finally get our first glimpse of Uluru :-) We go to our camp site first to freshen up. Put some sun lotion on and to have lunch. We made sandwiches. I had a right door stop! Chicken, lettuce cucumber tomato and beetroot

Up bright and early this morning actually needed the alarm to wake up today :-) We were picked up by our tour guide Linda who said we had a 4 hour road trip to Uluru. We stopped off at the same stop as the greyhound coach "the centre of the centre" When we got back on the coach Linda said "next stop is your last chance to buy alcohol if you want some for the camp fire tonight. We will stop there tommorrow too. I recommend the "good f***ing port" $20 a bottl...

Arrived at the hostel all sweaty! Check in was smooth and myself and anneque were given room 13. We were the only ones in the room so we grabbed the bottom bunks :-) Put all my electricals on charge and started getting my stuff organised for the trip to Uluru. Once I was sorted I went up to the reception and brought myself a beer and sat in the sun while I sat and phoned the tour company to confirm my place. Managed to phone mum today which was nice to have ...

Up before 5 am to catch the coach to Alice springs. And the long trip up the Stuart highway. Was nice to see the sunrise this morning from the coach the sky was an awesome orange colour. We were on the coach for 2 and a half hours before we even saw another building which shows you how isolated coober pedy is. It was a petrol station and people were camping there. To break up the long journey. On the coach we drive through the "bush" with the scenery hardly...