I'm getting better at early starts! This morning I was on a minibus at 5.15 kitted up for a walk in Kata Tjuta's Valley of the Winds. We were dropped at a point where we reached a viewing platform that provided panoramic views of Kata Tjuta and Uluru as the sun rose. The weather wasn't quite so friendly this morning and the rain clouds made for a soggy start and short lived sunrise. We were then driven to a drop off for the 7.4K walk which took me 2.5...

Our morning started early (4.30am) and with much excitement and anticipation. We joined Ned, our guide, and 13 others on a small orange truck for the Dessert Awakenings Tour. I'd been looking forward to this trip which was a gift from my family. We headed out on the bitumen road for a number of miles before we hit the gravel road. Travelling under the stars, we sat at the front and could see glimpses of the bush highlighted by the truck headlights. A faint li...

Having had brekkie at Adabco we waited for our taxi to the airport. It was slow, but so too was the traffic crawling passed our hotel. We checked in at the airport and I was relieved that my bag squeaked through with 400g over the weight allowance. The flight from Adelaide to Alice was good, although there was a good wiggle on landing which got some good noises from a few people! Throughout the journey the clouds had gradually built and built, so at Alice there w...