Monday, August 15, 2016

En Route to Uluru


I am writing this on a short layover at the Melbourne airport, en route to Alice Springs from Canberra. As I mentioned earlier, I have had a lovely lazy couple of weeks visiting family in Canberra and Melbourne.

A month of adventure begins. First stop Alice Springs, today until the 27th. We have a room with a couple on the edge of town, so reasonable we are going to keep it while we tour further afield. On the weekend we will be in Uluru, to see the sunset on the rock, the sunrise the next morning, and to take a walk around it - my bucket list items. Back in Alice Springs there are bird watching opportunities, and then we take a two day Glen Helen tour of other desert sites. 

Off to Darwin on the 27th, where we will take a four day camping (yes!) tour of Kakadu park ending in Arnhem Land, a site with an aboriginal guide and ending at an art centre. L&B join us in Darwin Sept 1 when we will stay with their niece for a few days to see the sights there 

Sept 6 we four fly to the north west coast at Broome, to stay in a house near Cable Beach for a week. We may take a flying tour up the peninsula there. On Sept 14 we all fly back to Canberra. No plans yet for the last 2 1/2 weeks, but we hope to see family again. And maybe other places. 

There are lots of stories and photos to share. I will try to get some photos posted in the down times over the next week or so. And news from time to time :) 

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