Good-bye Alice
Day 110 – Coober Pedy, Australia I waved a metaphoric good-bye to Alice Springs this morning. 8 hours of bus and I’m at Coober Pedy, a town that lives around opal mining. It’s too late tonight to explore, but I got the whole day tomorrow before leaving again, driving through the night to Adelaide. I…
Desert song festival
Day 108 – Ormiston Gorge, Australia So yesterday, a fellow traveller told me about this a cappella concert in the wild, and did I wish to come listen with her and her friends: either there would be a place in their car, or there was a bus going there. So I said “sure”, and that…
Kings Canyon’s account is ready!
For the third day at Kings Canyon, click here. Or scroll down. For the second day at Kata Tjuta, click here. Or scroll down. For the first day at Uluru, click here. Or scroll down a bit.
Sewing
Day 102 – Alice Springs, Australia I have three days of adventures and pictures (so many pictures!) to narrate, sift through, and present in an interesting and cohesive way. Woohoo! So that’s taking some time, and I’ll back-publish the articles at the right time but let you know when they are online. Between the early…
Uluru tour – Day Three: King’s Canyon
Day 101 – Kings Canyon, Australia New morning, new day. Well, new very early morning, the third in a row, new day. Our guide dragged himself up to give us the day’s schedule. He would drop us off at Kings Canyon to join another group for the visit, while he went to the medical centre.…
Uluru tour – Day Two: Kata Tjuta
Day 100 – Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia The day started before dawn at 4:30 am, when our guide, having relit the fire, put some music to wake us up. Let’s just say that it was cold outside. After a quick breakfast, rolling up of the swags, cleaning up, we were on the road to…
Uluru tour – Day one: Uluru
Day 99 – Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia To go see Uluru, or the big red rock formerly called Ayers Rock, everybody knows, you have to go to Alice Springs. You can then, like me, think that Alice Springs is a few kilometres from Uluru, or even at the foot of the rock. Or you can…
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…