Thursday, we had a totally different perspective on Uluru and also the magnificent Kata Tjuta range. We took a 30 minute helicopter flight over both. It was a tiny copter, just room for the pilot and four guests. I got to sit up front in the co-pilot seat. Omigod. Glass bubble in front, glass door alongside - and a glass floor just in front of my feet. Don't look down, don't look down. These were the words going through my head as we rapidly rose straight up in ...

My mind is completely saturated and blown away by all we have seen and heard over the last five hours or so. It is now 11am and we have just come back from the Uluru sunrise and cultural walk. OMG. This rock is awesome and so are the stories, beliefs, ceremonies and culture that surround it. I'm so awed by it all that I know I am going to go on rather a lot - apologies - up to you whether you read it all. Otherwise here's a potted version: - Up at 4.15 and tak...

I take it all back. I lied. The red centre is truly red. As we flew on the 45 minute flight from Alice Springs to Uluru this morning all we could see were vast expanses of red dry desert. Took loads of pictures through the plane window. Close to Uluru, as we were descending (bumpily), we could see vast dry salt lakes which were unexpected for both of us. Then, as we came into land, we had amazing views of first Kata Tjuta and then Uluru itself. Both truly amazin...

The red centre has turned green! This is something that happens only once every few years or so. The last time was three years ago. For a very short space of time a few weeks ago, there was water in the Todd River that runs through Alice Springs - all gone now, but the rains also enabled the grasses to grow turning the landscape green, albeit with red still showing through. It is a strange feeling - I was looking forward to seeing the red centre in the colour you...

Adelaide - Saturday Woken quite early by a shaft of brilliant sunshine streaming straight onto the bed through a chink in the curtains - our room faces due east. A sign of what the day would be like. By 10am, when we ventured outside, the temperature was already 37 degrees. Baking, but fortunately a dry heat. Too hot really but who can complain knowing how cold it is back home! Took a stroll through Central Market - an enormous market, around the size of two fo...