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Heading Bush: Day 8 - "It's All About The Rock"

Up before sunrise. Again. No matter how many times I do this it never gets any less painful. Today would be all about Uluru (or Ayers Rock for those who haven't quite got with the program) as in the sunrise, the walk and the sunset. We cruised past the queues on the way in and joined the tour...

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Koala Bear on November 6, 2006 from Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Heading Bush: Day 7 - "Valley Of The Flies"

After a few days of sitting in the back of a jeep even we were grateful for the promise of a Really Long Walk which was probably all part of Mike's cunning plan to stop us bitching when he told us it would probably take a couple of hours. Oh come on, we don't know how many circles he drove us...

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Koala Bear on November 5, 2006 from Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Big Things #11 & #12

On day 7 of the Heading Bush Outback tour we rocked up to Erlunda for lunch and saw these freaky looking things; The Big Echidna and the Big Lizard. They're kept behind a large mesh fence, possibly to stop them from escaping and taking over the world. Hey, anything can happen in the...

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Koala Bear on November 5, 2006 from Erldunda, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Heading Bush: Day 6 - "How Many 5 o Clocks In A Day?"

As promised, Mike dragged us out of our swags before the sun even thought about rising so we packed up and jumped in the jeep before our body clocks realised what time it was and rebelled. It was freezing without a fire so I'd had no chance to warm up as I stood staring at the water thinking...

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Koala Bear on November 4, 2006 from Kulgera, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Dingo Alert

After waiting three hours in a pitch black bus stop at Airlie Beach, we were really pleased that we'd saved ourselves $30 by travelling with Premier buses instead of Greyhound. We eventually got to Rainbow Beach where there is really not a lot going on except vast quantities of sand. Following...

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Murph, Tay, Colly and Erin on November 4, 2006 from Noosa Heads, Australia

from the travel blog: The Smug Adventures Down Under

Exam Study Procrastination

Well I haven't even left yet but I thought that creating my Travel Blog two weeks before I actually leave is a great way to procrastinate from studying for my chemistry exam. I have mixed emotions about leaving - sad that I'll miss half of summer and Aussie Christmas with my family, sad that...

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julzy234 on November 3, 2006 from Melbourne, Australia

from the travel blog: Reims, France

Heading Bush: Day 5 - "FERAAAAAL!"

If you ever need an early morning wake up call simply sleep in a cave next to Groovy Grape. They were up an hour before us and man, didn't we know about it. Bloke: Shall we wake that lot up? Lass: Well I'm not going anywhere near them! Bloke: Yeah, they're feral aren't they. Did you see...

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Koala Bear on November 3, 2006 from Oodnadatta, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Heading Bush: Day 4 - "F**k You, Groovy Grape"

On account of the pissing rain all those lovely open unsealed roads were now closed which meant we had to head back down south to the highway. We spent the day in the back of the jeep trying to make up lost time and the only place of any vague interest was Salt Lake Hart which is a blindingly...

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Koala Bear on November 2, 2006 from Coober Pedy, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Heading Bush: Day 3 - "It Never Rains In The Desert"

Little bit nippy this morning, I saw fit to wear a jumper and everything while we headed down to the ochre pits to get painted up like Aboriginals. This was loads of fun and really interesting an all. Each colour means something different, like, yellow represents the sun and means rebirth and...

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Koala Bear on November 1, 2006 from Coober Pedy, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

Heading Bush: Day 2 - "Ohhh, My Walla..."

Today we learnt that Mike is a sadist; He likes to get us up early and make us walk up big hills with the promise that "the view gets better the further up you get." Mmmm. Ok then. I can't remember how long the actual walk up Mt Ohllsen Bagge (Wilpena Pound) was but I know I'd usually...

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Koala Bear on October 31, 2006 from Port Augusta, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

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