hi everyone, After waking up wet (feeling like we were in the Lake District) we set off on a 800km journey to Coober Pedy which is famous for its opal mines and underground village. We arrived there at 5pm in the 51 degree heat- no wonder the houses are all underground! We were shown down a mine and round an underground house by a woman who had been an opal miner all her life. She knew how to make dynamite at the age of 5 (she used to help her dad) and was quit...

hi, After a gorgeous night spent under the stars we were woken early (very early- 4am) for the big Ayers Rock tour. The tour has to start early to avoid the late morning temperature, it is hard to deescribe the immense heat of the Northern Territory it can get up to 48 degrees in some places and there is very little shelter around. Anna decided she would attempt to climbe "the big rock." However after climbing half way up the first bit she felt like she was s...

Hi everyone! Well, we were picked up at 6.15am by a guy called Dave who we thought worked for OZ experience, after all thats what we had booked. Oh boy were we in for a surpries, apparently a company called, "Adventure Tours", (yes the word adventure scared us too) are contracted by the Oz Experience to do the trip from Alice to Adelaide. The first thing he said to us was, "have you got walking boots", the look of horror crept over our faces, walking bo...

Hi, Set off for our "trip of a lifetime" round Alice at 9am. We were unable to control our excitement as we reached The Old Telegraph Station, yes it really was as thrilling as it sounds! $6 poorer we then headed to the School of the Air which is the largest school in the world. Teachers transmit lessons to kids who live in the outback covering up to 1.3 million square kilometres. The Alice Springs school was the first of its type, a system only used in Aust...

Hi there Arrived in Alice Springs after a bumpy flight on a very small aeroplane. We were greeted by a stereotypical aussie bloke who was full of smiles and enthusiasm, so being very naive we took his advise and booked into Toddy's Backpackers. During our drive from the airport he tried to convince us that we needed at least 4 days in Alice to see everything, can't believe we nearly fell for this. He also encouraged us to take the Alice Wanderer, a bu...