Sun rise and walk at Kings Canyon and back to Alice. Up at 4.30am for a quick breakfast before setting off to walk through King's Canyon. It was dark when we left the camp, but the sun had started to rise as we approached the Canyon. We had to each carry two litres of water to drink for the 6km walk around the rim ( as we had the previous day). Unfortunately in order to walk the rim, we had to climb up to it first; a very steep set of mostly natural steps aptly ...

Sunrise over Uluru and a walk at Kata Tjuta Although we had slept little, we were all wide awake eating toast and cereal at 4.30am and off in our tour bus ( number plate mobilcan) in plenty of time to walk up a large sand dune near Kata Tjuta to see the sun rise over Uluru. Again it was a beautiful sight and truly spectacular. Once we had taken our photos, we drove to the start of our 8km walk through the valley of the winds (aptly named). The first part was a...

Alice Springs to Uluru The alarm went off at 05.15 so we were ready to be picked up at 06.00. We had packed our backpacks the night before and lodged our suitcases with the hotel for our return. The tour bus duly arrived on time and off we went, collecting the final few people in our group en route. Our expectations were confirmed, the average age of the other fifteen on the tour guessed at early twenties so we nudged it up a bit. Our party consisted of six Brit...

Adelaide to Alice Springs After a delicious breakfast at the airport we embarked on our adventure in the Outback. The flight to Alice Springs was excellent with in flight movies for only a two hour flight: just long enough, although we frequently stopped watching to look at the stunning scenery below. The salt lakes and the redness of the earth as we approached Alice Springs made us appreciate why this region is called the Red Centre. On arrival we were surprise...

Last day in Adelaide As we have seen the main sights we want to we feel the need for a trip to the beach and a bit of relaxing in the sun catching a few rays.En route we stopped off in the CBD to get a couple of things we need for Uluru then on to Glenelg, the main beach for Adelaide. We hit the beach just south of there as we can park for free only 50m from the beach and have access to our picnic lunch left in the car. After a very pleasant few hours sitting un...