I left Alice Springs and boarded The Ghan for one of the great train journeys of the world! Twenty four hours in a semi-reclining seat next to Dutch guy with very smelly feet didn't apeal too much so I spent much of the journey in the cafe. Well it had better views from both sides and was a lot more social. People came and went and at one stage of the evening there was a bit of a party atmosphere going. The train staff were friendly too and kept giving us free...

The flight from Perth to Alice Springs was magnificent. Looking down on all those miles of weird landscape and nothingness. And as we came into land I was surprised to see how green it was. Apparently they had a huge rainfall at the beginning of the year and everything just sprang into life. It doesn't usually look like that! But it was still so hot and the flies were back. I had booked onto a three day camping trip which staated the following day and was jo...

The flight from Perth to Alice Springs was magnificent. Looking down on all those miles of weird landscape and nothingness. And as we came into land I was surprised to see how green it was. Apparently they had a huge rainfall at the beginning of the year and everything just sprang into life. It doesn't usually look like that! But it was still so hot and the flies were back. I had booked onto a three day camping trip which staated the following day and was jo...

The flight from Perth to Alice Springs was magnificent. Looking down on all those miles of weird landscape and nothingness. And as we came into land I was surprised to see how green it was. Apparently they had a huge rainfall at the beginning of the year and everything just sprang into life. It doesn't usually look like that! But it was still so hot and the flies were back. I had booked onto a three day camping trip which staated the following day and was jo...

I left the Hollambys to themselves for a few days and took 4 day tour up the west coast to Monkey Mia. This time I was with a much bigger group, there were 18 of us and we were staying in hostels so not so luxurious but cheaper! The first thing the guide Jenny got us to do was talk to someone of a different nationality (not hard) and then introduce them to the group over the mike. Not likely! Me and this German girl just looked at each other in horror. Our fir...