Olive Pink Botanic Garden
Day 97 – Alice Springs, Australia I’m continuing my run of botanic gardens. This one, in Alice Springs, is dedicated to Miss Olive Pink, who campaigned for the conservation of native species (and the respect of Aboriginal rights, but that has less to do directly with the botanic garden). The garden includes the Annie Myers…
Night Bus
Day 96 – Alice Springs, Australia I decided at the last minute to go straight to Alice Springs without stooping at the Devil’s Marbles. I wasn’t sufficiently prepared, I will probably go back (my bus pass allows it), but I will first store my luggage in my hostel here and go with the minimum. Greyhound…
Hot spring
Day 95 – Katherine A few words quickly, as my night bus leaves in a few minutes. I’ll expand tomorrow. Expanding The main attraction of Katherine are the Katherine Gorges, but being something like 20 km away from the city, I wouldn’t be able to go. Instead, there is a walking (and cycling) trail following…
Happy Father’s Day
Day 94 – Katherine, Australia The high point of my day was seeing all the “Father’s Day” signs at the supermarket. I took the Greyhound this morning (arriving 2 hours in advance, I had really nothing better to do) to Katherine. There isn’t much to do in the city itself, which is sprawling, so going…
Fannie Bay and East Point
Day 93 – Darwin, Australia In my travel guide, looking for things to do, I was struck by the “mangrove walk”. I thought the name very promising. It is a walkway going through a mangrove, of course, and advancing into the sea. To get there, however, was not that easy a piece of cake. It…