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Mataranka (Day 2)
Today began much like yesterday though we did have a bit more of a sleep in than yesterday. Once again, we hit Bitter Springs straight after breakfast for another morning of snorkeling and floating down the springs. Honestly, there are no words that do the beauty of this area any justice. We were treated to…
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Mataranka (Day 1)
What an absolutely magical day! We started out by heading to Bitter Springs which is just a short drive away. These perfectly warm (32 degrees-ish) springs are crystal clear and just stunning. As there is a current, all you have to do is hop in at the start with your pool noodle and float all…
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Tennant Creek – Mataranka
Tennant Creek was in our rear vision mirror by 8:30am this morning!! Driving through the town with all the shops boarded up with either shutters or security bars made us very thankful we’d only chosen to stop there for a night to break up the drive. The only stop on our agenda today was the…
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Alice Springs – Tennant Creek
We headed off rather late from Alice Springs after the boys had another go of the go-karts around the park. The weather was cold and mildly rainy for the morning and first part of our drive. Our first stop was the Tropic of Capricorn marker, not that any of us were keen to stay out…
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Alice Springs & MacDonnell Ranges (Day 2)
Today we decided to venture out to the West MacDonnell Ranges. After just over an hours’ drive, we arrived at the furthest point that we decided to go to, Orminston Gorge. The weather was very cloudy and a bit chilly so after a walk down to the waterhole, we all opted NOT to go for…
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Alice Springs (Day 1)
What a lazy start to the day we had this morning! The boys slept in until nearly 9am so by the time we were showered and fed, we didn’t hit the town until around 10am. Our first stop today was the School of the Air which was really interesting and quite informative. This week is…
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Kings Canyon – Alice Springs
This morning we met for our buffet breakfast before parting ways with Nan and Gramps as they are headed off toward SA. We stopped at the Kings Canyon carpark to do the final walk of the area – the Kings Creek walk, an easy 2km return walk at the base of the canyon which we…
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Kings Canyon
This morning we got up early-ish and headed to the restaurant for buffet breakfast which is included with our accommodation. “A” stuck with her 2 weetbix as she didn’t like the thought of a 6km hike on a full stomach but the boys all tucked into full breakfasts. We met Gramps at the Kings Canyon…
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Uluru – Kings Canyon (Watarrka National Park)
This post and the next two posts are coming to you days late due to next to no telephone or internet service at Kings Canyon! Something we forgot to add yesterday is that we learnt at the Bush Yarns session why climbing Uluru is no longer permitted. It was explained to us that there were…
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Uluru (Day 3)
Quite a short entry today as we did a whole lot of nothing!! This morning we met Nan and Gramps to go to the Bush Yarn at 10am. Quite an interesting talk as we learnt about the tools the local women use and the symbols used in artwork to depict various things. After the yarn…