After a 5hour journey to Yulara (the resort next to the national park in which Uluru and Kata Tjuta were) we found our camp. The journey had involved a stop at a Camel Farm where you could ride camels if you wished- having done so with Natalie in Tunisia last year, I couldn't be arsed and instead had a camel burger!!!! Anyway our camp was.... er.... basic!!! It consisted of an outdoor kitchen with benches covered by a tin roof... and that was it!!!! After a quic...

Having arrived in Alice relatively late, we set about trying to organise a tour of the "Red Centre" for the following day. We chose a cheaper one- we're students afterall!!- and went off to find somewhere to stay. After finding that our best option was a hostel, we grabbed the last two beds at the YHA in Alice, before the teamwork really kicked in!!! Tom returned Shanessa to Alice Springs Airport while I washed our clothes and just generally sorted s...

We arrived in Darwin having had exactly zero hours sleep on the flight!! Not ideal when we were anticipating driving for the next 10hours!! After the vigorous immigration department- they had both our bags unpacked, and asked both me and Tom (separately) our plans for Oz- we eventually managed to get a car hired for the two days! We stepped outside to set off to be confronted with a crazy rainstorm- apparently Darwin has had record rainfall recently!! Anyway I...