Travelling Oz

31st October 2008.

The trip back to Alice Springs was against strong headwinds and once again, consumption figures went through the roof.

21st October 2008.

Now off on the long 1,840 kms down to the south of the Northern Territory to Uluru (formerly Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (formerly The Olgas) and King's Canyon. A big change for us as Western Australian attractions have been closer together, but we now have to cover these vast distances that are now days apart rather than just a few hours.

6th October 2008.

We were looking forward to Darwin  as we'd heard so much about it and it would be our first capital city since leaving Perth earlier this year.

3rd October 2008.

Despite all the stories we had heard, we crossed the border into the NT and were not searched for fruit and vegetables etc. The quarantine search is only on entering WA and I suggest anyone entering WA do there homework on what produce you can and can't bring in, coz you'll lose it if it's on the list.

The first thing we notice was the speed limit increases from 110kph in WA to 130kph in the NT. We also had to remember to turn our clocks 1.5 hours forward. The scenery was quite different and there were many interesting stops on the way to Katherine including Timber Creek, the Gregory and the Keep River National Parks.