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We spent the first night on the Ghan. The food is very good, and the staff is very friendly. The train is, as mentioned, quite old technically and when it operates, it is rather...
At 6:150 in the morning, under the full moon and at dawn (the sunrise was at 6:53), we set off on a short 3.5 km hike around the Devil's Marbles. The landscape was...
Today we had to get up at 3:45 AM to head to the airport. Unfortunately, our pickup service didn’t show up, which once again led to some adrenaline spikes. Fortunately, our...
A few more days in Alice Springs
On the Mereenie Loop, a 225km long 4x4 track, we drive to Gosse Bluff & Orniston Gorge then to Glen Helen Gorge.
Canyons and Flying Doctors
Today is Saturday, 17.09, and we arrived in Alice Springs 2 days ago. Actually, we wanted to continue the next day and explore the Red Centre. We decided to drive the Red Centre...
Today we had to get up early at 3:45 AM to drive to the airport. Unfortunately, our pickup service did not show up, which once again led to some adrenaline rushes. Luckily, our...
The pain of saying goodbye hadn't quite been digested yet, so I moved on towards Darwin to join the next tour, which covers both the north and the outback including Uluru (Ayers...
From Sydney I flew into Alice Springs, a remote town in the Australian Outback with a population of roughly 25,000. A rather bleak place, and incredibly hot with an average...
The entrance to the farm. From the highway, you couldn't see anything of the farm.
Devils Marbles
Today we fly back to Darwin. Preparations begin as early as 6:30 AM: washing and hanging the laundry, decluttering and disposing of garbage, packing bags, … By 11 AM everything...
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. ...
26.01.23 Today is 'Australian Day' - a national holiday and sort of the 1st of August of Australia. We have a lot planned because we're leaving Adelaide and flying to Alice...
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...
We have planned the following route for our campervan tour through Australia: Adelaide -> Alice Springs (Central Australia) -> Cairns -> Brisbane -> Sydney. On the...
After waking up alone in my caravan this morning, I first washed my laundry in peace, relaxed in the beautifully decorated garden, and enjoyed my delicious acquired raisin...
With the Ghan, we reached Alice Springs and set off for three hikes. In the evening, there was a BBQ at the old telegraph station.
31.01.23 The report presented today, Comes in the form of a poem. It is relatively short, Like a fleeting fart. Compared to the past few days, We sleep a bit longer....
The expected storm only arrived in the morning, so we had to wait in the tent until almost 10 o'clock until it was over. After everything was packed in the car, we headed to the...
The last night on the padded board is done. I slept badly, everything hurt when I turned, Carsten, on the other hand, slept really well. But now it's over. 2 days in the hotel...
Alice Springs was the starting point for me on a tour into the Outback. The place in the Red Center of Australia is very small and it was the first time I saw so many...
At 6:50 a.m., the shuttle takes us from the hotel to the airport. Check-in is smooth for domestic flights. Flight duration is 2 hours, with some clouds but otherwise good...
Now I have arrived in Alice Springs. Yesterday we drove to Kings Canyon after experiencing Uluru at sunrise and taking a walk. The long drive to Kings Canyon was worth it. It is...
its a bloody long way We were there, only 190 km separated us from Alice Springs, the city where it rains only about 2 weeks a year (according to the residents). On the way...