Travelogues Northern Territory

While Michel spent the Easter days in Vietnam at 35 degrees and did without melting Easter eggs, I climbed a small extinct volcano just around the corner from Efate on Easter...

A special highlight is a visit to Uluru, the sacred mountain in the Red Centre. We had prepared for a hot desert but ended up needing both our rain jackets and sun hats.

Devils Marbles

02.02.17 - 05.02.17 WELCOME TO THE OUTBACK / ALICE SPRINGS & ULURU / AYERS ROCK So now it was off to the Outback for us. The flight from Adelaide to Alice Springs was...

Waking up two owls at quarter to five: only Uluru and Kata Tjuta can do that! This morning we had the sunrise on the program and left the hotel just after half past five (a few...

Tom Price, Karijini National Park, Broome, Kununurra

Sunset at Sunset Market

Only that it can't jump into the pool afterwards (because it can't open the door). Today was really exhausting, I reached my limits, while Carsten danced lightly like an...

A loud bang startles us from our sleep. Lightning illuminates the night almost as bright as day. Yesterday afternoon's storm was nothing compared to this. Carsten suggests that...

Today we are heading to Uluru, the red rock in the center of Australia. We have 1700 km ahead of us. If we were to drive straight, it would take about 20 hours of driving time....

The net against the flies

On these two days we had a really tight schedule and finally reached our destination. We made it to Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock.

Zum einen ist die Strecke länger als gedacht zum anderen die Straße aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach überflutet und so entscheide ich mich für einen kurzen Flug von Broome nach...

The Uluru at sunset - the photo is not edited!!!

New adventures from Australia. This time I am reporting from my very first long road trip and that at the other end of the world!

We already clarified the early rising here - today was the same: at 05:00 I got out of bed, got ready for the hike (shower, apply SPF 30, reapply with SPF 50 on my face and...

A very chill birthday in Australia

After arriving in Alice Springs yesterday afternoon and feeling a bit lost, I was warmly welcomed at the most beautiful hostel ever - Alice's Secret Travellers Inn - and...

In 7 weeks, you can see a lot of Australia, but you will see even more "not". It is a big and amazing country with many facets, from rainforests to deserts, barren...

Sorry that we haven't heard from us for three days, but we didn't have any network. No network, no blog. But now we're starting again 4:30 a.m., the alarm clock wakes us up from...

Actually, I wanted to write a little about the Aborigines today, but I'm already too tired. I'll catch up on that in the next few days. Today was quite exhausting. It's hot and...

After we found out at the mechanic that the radiator of our car was leaking, the engine was consuming too much oil and the battery needed to be replaced, we both felt so down that...

It took us 3 nights to get from Alice Springs to Darwin. We spent one night in Mataranka. It's a small sleepy town with a cowboy 🤠 flair. The town is known for its hot springs....

At the Desert Park, we saw animals and plants of the center again. In the evening, we went to a kangaroo sanctuary.

So far, we have only been driving on paved roads. Now that we finally had a 4x4 car that allowed us to drive on dirt roads, we chose to take the Mereenie Loop route. ...

At Kings Canyon, we hiked along the edge of the gorge and experienced the next two days with rain. Our hotel was the only one at Kings Canyon - as we noticed in our room and with...

It's time to finally sleep in a hotel again, in a real bed and not on a padded board. Tonight was not only hard, but also cold. The temperature dropped to 16 degrees at night....

12.05. - 17.05.17 We land in Adelaide at 10:30 am in sunshine and 24 °C. Exactly as we imagined when we left cold New Zealand. We make our way to the shuttle bus stop. The nice...

16-25 September 2019 One day, just as my break was ending, I was still standing on the veranda in the backyard when suddenly my colleague came from behind and started screaming...

Alice Springs searches in vain for a city larger than itself in all directions, and with less than 25,000 inhabitants, it is not exactly huge. This placement makes life there...