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Day 10

This morning it was off to the Western McDonnell Range and two stops -- Simpson's Gap and Standley Chasm. Both were nice little park areas. However, we were done by noon and realized that we had exhausted all of the possibilities of Alice Springs, or "the Alice," with six hours left to spare. ...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 11, 1990 from Alice Springs, Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 10 (Continued)

The plane to Darwin appeared to be populated solely by Americans from California. Next to me was a father/daughter pair definitely from Beverly Hills; across the aisle a businessman seemingly also from LA. However, arrival in Darwin is what backpack travel is all about. Stepping off the...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 11, 1990 from Darwin, Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 9

Slept well last night. Had breakfast then took a walk about Alice Springs. I mostly visited art galleries, and had my first roll of photos developed. I made two purchases -- a Barney Daniels painting and a hat. I really like the painting I got and Barney Daniels appears to be quite famous,...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 10, 1990 from Alice Springs, Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 8

Peter and I were up before dawn, hoping to catch sight of the Sunrise over Uluru before making "the climb." However, like the previous evening, the clouds prevented us from seeing anything spectacular. We then drove on to the rock and made the ascent. It only took me about 1hr15min, but...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 9, 1990 from Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 8 (Continued)

We had breakfast back in Yulara and then we broke camp for the drive to Alice Springs. We stopped along the way at Noel Fullerton's Camel Farm where Gretchen and I took a ride ... my camel was Johnny Cakes. It was bumpy coming down but otherwise fine. We arrived a Alice Springs and checked...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 9, 1990 from Alice Springs, Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 7

As I write this, I am sitting in the middle of the Olga Gorge, a spectacular place in the middle of the Olgas, a range of monoliths, or huge (really huge) boulders, like mountains. The hike here was an easy one (although Peter and Gretchen have yet to arrive) and the scenery certainly...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 8, 1990 from Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 6

After buying some opals in the morning, today was a rather boring one, driving the Stuart Highway and Lassiter Highway as far as Curtain Springs Station. Nothing to see, really, except lots of red sand and dirt and basic, unquaint truck stops. Nothing like the real outback feel of the last...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 7, 1990 from Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 5

Woke up and went to call Tom, who wouldn't take my call! Other, more pressing, phone call I guess (a bigger name on the other line). A quick breakfast and then up the trail, but not before seeing our first camels of the trip, in a pen in Marree. Along the way we stopped at South Lake...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 6, 1990 from Coober Pedy, Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 4

We were up early (as alway with camping) -- birds everywhere. Crows, beautiful black and white magpies and pink galahs. We packed up our gear and went on a short hike to the old homestead (easy) and wangarra lookout (a bit steep). Along the way we saw several emus and two kangaroos, mother...

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 5, 1990 from Blinman, Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

Day 4 (Continued)

(see Lyndhurst entry)

permalink written by  shoshtrvls on April 5, 1990 from Parachilna, Australia
from the travel blog: Australia (1990)

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