I had to get up at 4.30am on Friday to get picked up by my tour bus for my 2 day camping trip to Uluru. It was so early it was hideous, and had to creep around the room in the dark so I was worried I'd left something important behind.Normally the tour groups are around 20 apparently but I was lucky enough to be in a group of 8. There was an american couple, 2 german girls, a canadian and an older austrian couple. Our tour guide was an australian from Melbourn...

Arrived in Alice Springs to a torrential downpour, their first in months. Lucky me! Had a day to kill before going to Ayers Rock on my camping trip. Alice Springs is a pretty small place, something crazy like 5 blocks wide, so there's not a lot to do. I walked up Anzac Hill which is at one end of the town and gives a good view of the town and surrounding hills. Also visited the Flying Doctors Museum which was kind of interesting, I want to be a Flying Doctor ...

On Wednesday I went on an organised day tour from Darwin to Litchfield National Park. There were only about 14 of us, a lot of whom were from Scandinavia and Germany. The day included trips to lots of waterfalls, some of which we were able to swim in. It was a really warm day to start and stepping in to the cool water of the plunge pool was so refreshing. However at lunchtime a tropical storm arrived with torrential downpours. The storm passed almost as quickly a...

Left Bali Sunday on a midnight flight to Darwin. Didn't get any sleep but due to the time difference it was 4am when I arrived in Australia. I had no idea how strict customs and immigration in Australia are, maybe we could learn something from them. You can't take anything through with you, no food, wooden souvenirs etc and they sent a sniffer dog down the line. So you already feel like a criminal before you even arrive. Then you have to get through immig...

Hello from Bali, Arrived in the middle of the night after a ridiculously long flight from London and a change of planes at Singapore. It is so ridiculously hot here, and those that know me well will know how much I love the heat!! Spent the first 2 days in Kuta, which is a total Aussie surf bum resort. So many touts shouting at you in the street it was a bit much. Got hideously lost down the back alleyways in the middle of the midday sun and thought I would neve...