We did not really know what to expect from our trip to the red centre but what happened certainly was not what we expected! We started off our trip by arriving in Alice Springs. The hostel, Toddy's, was nice and comfy and we made the most of it before the camping out trip on which we were about to depart. The group was quite mixed and I was earwigging as the French tourists had hired a French guide, extra to the Engish guide, Jerry (who also doubled as cook, driv...

After the night flight to Darwin we bedded down in the wrong guest house for 2 hours (good old Lonely Planet Guide did not realize that the YHA had moved so we were phoning one place but asking to be taken to another). The annoying little man in the wrong hostel tried to tell me that it was 'no worries' but I did not really want to pay twice for one night. Hmm. This did not deter us, however, and we headed off for a walk round the area and down to the beach. We h...