Friday 13th eek!Got picked up at 6.15 for my 3 day 2 night tour to Uluru (used to be known as Ayers Rock but has now gone back to it's aboriginal name) Back in Brisbane when I booked the tour all those weeks ago I opted for the safari in style - boy was I glad I paid the extra money. Got onto the bus. There are 10 of us on the tour: Thomas and Tina from Switzerland, Franke and Heike from Germany, Angie and Alan from Wales, Roger and Kathy from New Zealand and...

G'day all, I'm now a fully fledged Aussie having spent 3 days touring through the bush.I left Cairns at 6am on Tuesday morning and boarded the bus which was going to be my transport for the next 3 days. Got settled onto the bus. It was a 42 seater but there are only 11 of us on board - excellent. Lots of room to spread out. We were going to be travelling to Alice Springs and taking a route totalling 2,400km! We'd best get going! We headed out to the Athero...