Alice Springs and UluruThe red centre was the final stop on our world tour and is home to one of the most famous views - Uluru (aka Ayers Rock). The base to explore Uluru is Alice Springs and we spent a few days taking in this lovely place in the middle of Australia. On our first day we decided to visit the reason for Alice Springs' existence - the telegraph station. We were expecting just a little look round, but struck the jackpot in tour guide Alec. Alec was a...

Darwin, Kakadu & Litchfield. And so we finally made it into the Northern Territory, and Darwin. Now we know from Cairns that 'the tropics'does indicate that it would be quite warm, but we were not quite prepared for the humidity of the 37 degrees. However we couldn't let a little thing like heat stop us on what has been the highlight of Australia so far - Kakadu National Park. We decided to travel independently and in style to Kakadu and Litchfield, so we...

The end may be nigh, but we were going to make the most of our last copuple of weeks in Australia, so what better place to start than Cairns - the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.First though we went to a place called Mission Beach, where pretty much there was just a beach. You see before all this exhausting adventure some rest was needed ;0) Have a look at the pics, it was a pretty place.So, where were we, ah yes Cairns. The city itself is a buzzing, tourist r...

Nearing the end of our trip, we now had to get on to the really touristy bit....First up was the much talked about Fraser Island. Even in South America we had heard from backpackers that it was beautiful and among one of the best things they had done travelling. So we were pretty excited about the adventure in a 4x4 with our the other 6 people in our group. We all got off to a good start, a little apprehensive about driving a 4x4 on the biggest sand island in the...

And so the update frenzy begins...We have been very busy since leaving Sydney and are having an absolute ball sunning ourselves and seeing the sights of East Coast Oz.The first place on our journey was Port Macquarie, a very small, quiet place where we could get back into the more laid back lifestyle of travelling. It was very different from Sydney - apart from the rain! We didn't let that dampen our spirits however, instead we went to visit the only koala hospit...