Coping with public and private transport since 2001
The beach over here in Cairns is… quite different to what we are used to back home. For instance, the tides are really big over here, and the beach is either really small or really large. Secondly, no one is allowed on it. Why, I hear you ask? Estuarine Crocodiles. So, the Inhabitants of Cairns have created their own beach,
Continue readingAll good things must come to an end, and our visit to Australia’s most famous National Park is not different. We actually have nothing planned for today, and decided to totally wing it. We’ll make up stuff along the way, we know we need to be at the airport at a certain time to hand in the car and catch
Continue readingThis morning, we’ll have a do-over for yesterday afternoon, but without the sunset. Oh yeah, we are about to embark on a boat again to watch wildlife. Yesterday evening, there were a large amount of waterbirds and only a few crocodiles, today it is the complete opposite. Loads and loads of crocodiles, but the birds are a little bit more
Continue readingAfter a good night of sleep and a huge breakfast at the Gorge information centre, we found some time to admire the resident Wallabiesat this place, even though we are still unsure what kind they were. They were still enjoying the morning coolness as we left, on a day which promised to be hotter than yesterday. We eventually hit 34
Continue readingQuite early into the drive from Batchelor to Katherine, we found ourselves in the middle of a huge flock of Red-Tailed Cockatoos. As we were on a highway, we had to pull over and put the car in the dirt right next to the road. From here, we had excellent views of this flock of birds, which was about 200
Continue readingToday is the day that we will get another car, this would be pickup number 3. After a Toyota Camry, and a (couple of ) Toyota FJ Cruiser, what will it be this time? Oh yes, another Toyota. This time a white Toyota Land Cruiser Prado D-4D. It is big. One could even say it is massive. And it is
Continue readingAfter a weird morning, we started the day at the local Botanical Gardens in Alice Springs. We heard that the café over there served a really decent breakfast, and that their prices also were just right. And we can now fully corroborate both statements! The food was great, and prices ditto. The only downside to this all was that all
Continue readingYesterday, we watched the sun rise on Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), and set on Uluru. So this morning, we set out to see the sun rise with Uluru as our main view. But it was cold! At approximately 6 degrees and with the wind blowing, it was not the nicest place to be at 06:30. The sun rising was really
Continue readingToday, we can spend the entire day in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, as we spend not one but two nights in the village-like Ayers Rock Resort. This Resort is nothing short of a small town, as it has three hotels, a campground, 8 restaurants, an amphitheatre, a petrol station, a supermarket, a whole load of bars and even a
Continue readingAs our new car is only scheduled to arrive at Kings Creek Station around 10 this morning, we have some downtime ahead of us. We made the most of it by sitting around the tent (it’s tiny, and there is a shared bathroom which we need to share with about 80 French people) and enjoying the early sunshine. The guy
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