Sunday March 14th - Day Ten Our last day together started BRIGHT and EARLY!The group decided yesterday that they would prefer to get back to the uni village early in order to get organized and ready for school which starts tomorrow.So in order to do this we were up BEFORE the sun! Up at 5am and on the road by 6am.We had 620kms to cover today in order to reach Perth.I'm actually ready to head back to the village… it's been weird being away from my flat mates ...

Saturday March 13th - Day Nine Today was another long day of driving. There is literally nothing between Karijini and Perth except for a few THOUSAND kilometers! We left Newman early in the morning and arrived around 4pm at Wogarno Sheep Station—our accommodation for the evening. The farm is the smallest sheep farm in Western Australia but is STILL 152,000 acres and has 1,800 sheep! We decided not to set up tents so that we could hit the road quickly and e...

Friday March 12th—Day Eight My outback experience is quickly coming to an end!Today we left the National Park after a quick visit to Fortescue Falls for our morning "shower".We slowly began the long journey back to Perth eventually stopping in a town named Newman.Newman is a VERY REMOTE mining town with the bare essentials, a grocery store, post office, bottleshop, and a couple bars.We did a little sight seeing tour of Newman, visiting the visitors...

Thursday March 11th—Day Seven Today we woke up as usual… around 6am or so.It's hard to say what time it was exactly since I didn't bring any items from civilization, cell phone and watch included!(It has actually been quite lovely not having the distractions of technology… I HAD to bring my Ipod though, too much driving not to!)Around 7am the troop headed out for a morning hike to explore some of the National Park trails.Our first hike was along the Circ...

Wednesday March 10th -- Day Six Today we awakened to dew and humidity, two things that are not welcome when trying to pack up tents and gear!We were on the road shortly after 7am ready for a full on day of driving.We covered approx 590kms today!!!Our stops today consisted of yet another roadhouse that was extremely overpriced… I'm talking about $1.50 for a single gummie worm!!!Our other stop was at a civilized town in the middle of NOWHERE!The town was calle...