There’s much to see in the MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs, we spent a day visiting only some of the closer attractions. Some of us were still recovering from our round of gastro and we didn’t want a huge day in the car. I snapped a few pictures from the car as the scenery changed. Our first stop was Standley Chasm. It’s on private land owned by the Iwupataka Land Trust, so there is an entrance fee which we paid … Read More
Our first night in Alice Springs had us up in the middle of the night washing sheets and cleaning the ensuite when gastro hit another of the kids. We had a much needed rest the first couple of days in Alice, waiting to see if any of the rest of us would be sick. Finally toward the end of our stay we made it out to see some sights, starting with the Royal Flying Doctor Service Tourist Facility. The facility … Read More
When you visit Uluru there are all sorts of tours you can do, one of them is by camel. It was way too expensive for us to be able to do as a family, but we dropped into the camel farm to have a look at the camels the morning we left for Alice Springs. I’ve heard there are feral camels in some places of Australia, we may have seen some on our way to Longreach as there was a … Read More
Yulara is small enough that you can walk to the town centre easily enough from the campground. It was pretty hot, so we opted to ride our bikes to get there a little faster. The Ayers Rock Resort offers several free activities and we really wanted to get to a couple of them. First we went to the Bush Yarn, aboriginal stories and a talk about weapons they used. The weapons especially were fascinating, they passed them around and he … Read More
Seeing the sunrise and the sunset at Uluru is just something you have to do if you visit. You can’t go there and not see them both…except if your kids come down with gastro. Then you might have some issues. We saved sunrise for our last full day at Uluru, the day our parks pass expired. Of course that was the night that TurboBug (2) was sick during the night, necessitating a change of sheets and clothes and…yuck. So I … Read More
When you visit Uluru the (only, as far as I know) place to stay is Ayers Rock Resort in nearby Yulara since there is no camping in the national park. It’s about 15km from Uluru. The campground is huge, there are nearly 200 powered sites and just as many unpowered. There are also cabins and large group sites. Those huge group sites got quite a bit of use while we were there. I imagine that during peak season they are … Read More