Wow, so been having great weather here in Melbourne! Rain, rain, rain - torrential! We went to look at cameras for me on Tuesday and on Wednesday Amanda took us to Frankston to get me the new camera, which is really lush! Love it. Arthur and I then got the train into the city which took about an hour, we had intended to go to the Botanical Gardens and some other sights, but due to the heavy rain we decided to go to the Melbourne Museum instead. We had wanted to g...

We checked out of the hostel at 10, which was coincidentally the same time our bus to the airport picked us up. We said goodbye to Tom and Marlene which was sad, but we have them on facebook! Alice Springs Airport was so cute, so lax on everything and all the gates were next to each other and were just doors onto the same outside bit as we had to walk out to our plane. The flight was 2 and half hours over the outback which was amazing and so red and then we lande...

We had to return our camping gear that morning at 8, as we had only wanted to rent it for 2 days, so Marlene kindly offered to return it, we had also noticed a chip on the windscreen, which she mentioned to them, but they said it was there already! We first set off for the West MacDonnell Ranges, and stopped off at a couple of pretty spots. First Emilie Gap, where we walked through a little stream to see some aboriginal paintings, and read about the ancestral sto...

After a very cushty night, we got up at 6 to see the 7 am sunrise, I was a little apprehensive as it was cloudy, but I was still excited to get up and see the sunrise. It took us about half an hour to get there, and unfortunately the sun was still obscured by cloud, but Uluru still looked very impressive, and we were looking at it from a different angle as well. The others were all disappointed and didn't think it was worth it, but I didn't want to be negative an...

Marlene and I got up to go and get our rental car, and for $15/day each we also got all our camping gear - swags, sleeping bags, cooking equipment etc. It was really exciting getting our car, and we drove it back to the hostel to pick up the boys. We then set off on our road trip! The distance from Alice Springs to Uluru (or Yulara where there is the camping ground) is the same distance as London to Paris, so it took us most of the day. We stopped of a couple of ...