Hello from a scorching hot Alice Springs, We have had a couple of highly memorable days which I loved completely and Jen will probably have nightmares over for a while to come yet. It started at 6am on Friday morning when a group of 21 of us loaded on to a mini coach and started our 7 hour drive through the desert. On the way we saw several kangaroos, camels, and even a cow that had a rather messy and damaging experience with a car. Our destination was Ayers Ro...

G'Day from the Outback (Oops), We have arrived at Alice Springs and it is a scorching 34C!!!! We have had a great couple of days in Sydney although they have been raining almost non-stop so arriving in the middle of the desert in such extreme temperatures is quite a change. The hostel we are staying in is a very nice place, basic but what nicer than what many hostels look like. Tomorrow morning at 6Am we head off into the wilderness (well paths that haven't bee...