TRIP AROUND AUSTRALIA By Grace Darcey . Travel all around Riding up and down Is there any ice cream left? Pool is too cold to swim in . Adventure is one word Restaurant are my favourite Over Uluru? no thank you! Up through the middle Now we go Down through the west . Awesome Uluru Stands Tall Right And is the Life of the Intelligent Aboriginals . Photo by Grace Darcey

Grace's take on Uluru Sun set Pool really cold Red dirt Grass Sails Dinner buffet Pool cold Sunset Uluru Aboriginal centre Ride around rock Dinner in restaurant Gnocchi Siting by the pool Ice chocolate Dot art Walking up rock while kids at home Nice to have a shower Buffet breakfasts every morning waiting 20 mins in line for a pancake Walking around kata tjuta not fun Sitting around pool eating Only one good night sleep James snoring hot ...

Day 12 Thursday 20th Good bye Uluru! We well and truly blew our budget here and will need to pull the reigns in now if ever want to stay in a hotel again but my word we have throughly enjoyed our experience here! Back on the road. Has been nice to have a few drive free days. Heading to Kings Canyon. Only 3 hours! Easy driving except we hit a sheet of corrugated iron on the road which sliced a hole in the back of the van and took out an indicator light! Calle...

Day 11, Wednesday 19th Big breakfast and checked out, stocked up on supplies, posted a couple of blogs and checked back into our 'home away from home!' We haven't finished with Yulara yet so have decided to spend another night here at the camp ground. The girls and I did a dot painting workshop with Bessie, a local Anangu artist. Which we all really enjoyed and came away with our own dot painting. We learned about animal tracks, bush tucker, and hunting and g...

Day 10 Tuesday 18th After breakfast we headed out to Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) for a full days walk. (Surprisingly not sore apart from my ribs!! Obviously from pulling up the chain on the rock) Amazing to see Kata Tjuta from the ground. It's equally as impressive as it is from the air, if not more so! The colours of these spectacular domes are amazing, orange/reds and brilliant blues compliment each other into breathtaking beauty! Kata Tjuta means 'many heads'...