Coping with public and private transport since 2001
After a weird morning, we started the day at the local Botanical Gardens in Alice Springs. We heard that the café over there served a really decent breakfast, and that their prices also were just right. And we can now fully corroborate both statements! The food was great, and prices ditto. The only downside to this all was that all
Continue readingYesterday, we watched the sun rise on Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), and set on Uluru. So this morning, we set out to see the sun rise with Uluru as our main view. But it was cold! At approximately 6 degrees and with the wind blowing, it was not the nicest place to be at 06:30. The sun rising was really
Continue readingToday, we can spend the entire day in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, as we spend not one but two nights in the village-like Ayers Rock Resort. This Resort is nothing short of a small town, as it has three hotels, a campground, 8 restaurants, an amphitheatre, a petrol station, a supermarket, a whole load of bars and even a
Continue readingAs our new car is only scheduled to arrive at Kings Creek Station around 10 this morning, we have some downtime ahead of us. We made the most of it by sitting around the tent (it’s tiny, and there is a shared bathroom which we need to share with about 80 French people) and enjoying the early sunshine. The guy
Continue readingToday will be the true test of our car, as we will navigate the Mereenie Loop, which is a 150km dirt road between Glen Helen Gorge and Kings Canyon. This road lies on Aboriginal land, and you must therefore purchase a permit from them to access their lands. This permit is really cheap at $5, and obtainable from our hotel.
Continue readingYep, we are in a desert all right! Tonight has been really cold, and this morning is no different. Even though we only have to travel about 150kms we need to stock up on our supplies as the flight from Adelaide meant we had nothing left. As this is Australia and not The Netherlands, supermarkets open at 6AM. On a
Continue readingLet’s break it down to the important part first: we are wearing shorts! Today, we are to fly from Adelaide to Alice Springs, which is about exactly halfway between both coasts. With slightly over 800 miles to fly today we are in for a very short flight of about 2 hours. As our hotel is really close to the airport,
Continue readingIt seems like the rainstorms just don’t want to leave, and so we woke up this morning to semi overcast skies with the occasional downpours. It didn’t matter much though, as today basically means we have to leave the Island, and head for the city of Adelaide. It is a shame we have to leave the beautiful Kangaroo Island, but
Continue readingWe started off early this morning in Penneshaw, as we intended to go to Flinders Chase National Park, which unfortunately is all the way on the other side of the island! And at 150kms it is not a small island at all. The lady at the front desk of our hotel told us that, in spite of what we thought,
Continue readingWaking up in Robe means, once again, an overcast sky with lots of wind and the chance of showers. But today, it doesn’t matter much, as we have a big day of driving in front of us, about 400km. While we are quite unfamiliar with these kinds of distances, it is not a strange occurrence over here as this country
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