Uluru/Ayers Rock Day Road Trip Day 5

Our morning started about 2 hours later than the last few days, we slept in until 7am! Then it was time to get up and get ready to go. We put away the bed, Allan packed, and I made some breakfast.

After breakfast and making sure most things were put away, we got back on the road. We only had about 350 kilometers left in the drive up to Alice Springs. We didn't encounter any wildlife on the drive today, and only made a couple bathroom stops.

Once in Alice Springs, we dropped off the van and they checked it out. We then had to wait longer than expected for a taxi to the airport which was not ideal. Once we were within two hours of the flight and still 20 minutes drive away with no taxi prospects, my anxiety must have been radiating off of me because Allan called a different company and they came within 5-10 minutes of him calling. Much quicker than the "4 minutes" that the other taxi the company summoned was taking.

Once we got to the airport (finally) check in and security were slow, but pretty smooth. We shared a wrap for lunch and then it was pretty much time to board our flight. It was a short hour and 50 minutes back to Adelaide with some turbulence at the beginning of the flight. Other than that, it was a pretty standard trip.

When we got back to Adelaide, we waited a while for the bus, and then Ian came to get us and got caught in the same traffic as the bus! We eventually got picked up and stopped at Hungry Jack's (Aussie Burger King) for some dinner. We walked to the grocery store after we dropped our bags at Ian's and then needed to sort some admin for the next few days. With Good Friday coming up, and Easter weekend, a lot of things will be closed so we had to change our plans a bit. It certainly won't be my normal Easter weekend, but sometimes these things happen.Read more