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    Katherine Gorge

    18 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    As we have been doing, stay in place while exploring. Today we headed out the gorge road to Nitmiluk park. We were surprised to find that a lot of the park still closed as they clean up from the Wet. Get good advice from a ranger and off we go on a hike through the gorge. Nice croc free swim in waterhole. Great views and way less flies than before. Back to camp to relax and have dinner.Meer informatie

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    Mataranka and Katherine

    17 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    No morning visitors in the bathroom! Get on the road and cover the distance to Mataranka quickly. Stop at the hot springs and see our first croc signs and experience little to no flies for the first time in quite awhile. Enjoy the soak in the jungle. Continue on to Katherine. Do the regular things and then do a little bike ride around town to move the legs a bit. Check out Katherine river. Town is also a bit rough around the edges.Meer informatie

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    NT Outback

    16 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Driving day. Not much to see besides termite mounds (some of which are dressed up in clothing). Break up the nothingness with a stop at Devils Marbles. Very cool rocks but swarming with flies. Manage a quick walkabout before retreating back to the car. Stop at almost nonexistent town of Elliott at the caravan park. Greeted by peacocks. Bathroom also has a surprise for me.Meer informatie

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    Bike ride and a museum

    15 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Head out on bikes into the west MacDonnell Park - a range of ‘mountains’ that go east/west. Ride the Simpson cycle path through the bush to Simpson gap. Quite green and somewhat less red. Short walk into a little gorge. Return to town and check out the Royal Flying Doctor Medical museum. Very cool exhibit on the first ever medical aviation program which is still in use today. Stock up on food, do laundry and check out local brewery.Meer informatie

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    Onto Alice Springs

    14 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Another early morning to catch the sunrise over Uluru. Afterwards, hike around the base. Retrace our drive back to Stuart Highway and then continue north to Alice Springs. Find a campground, set up and try to avoid flies. Have determined that flies are the worst natural annoyance that we have come upon. Escape only really happens at night. Venture into town for really good pizza. Lots of gates in this rough town.Meer informatie

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    Kata Tjuta

    13 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Wake up early to catch the sunrise over Kata Tjuṯa - the other structure in the park. Amazing colors as the sun hits the red rocks. Hike the Valley of the Winds - wandering through the chasms and up and over formations. Additionally, short hike in the gorge. Explore the Cultural Centre. Great exhibits on Aboriginal culture. Avoid flies in the late afternoon (worst time) before going to watch sunset over Uluru.Meer informatie

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    700+ KM to Uluru (Ayers Rock)

    12 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Another early start. Many miles of Outback in front of us. Coming out of town pass many opal mines. See a dingo but not much wildlife - except for flies which swarmed as soon as we got out of the car (so avoided that as much as possible). Many podcasts later saw Uluru poking up. After setting up camp in the ‘resort’, go for a walkabout. Watch sunset and get a bonus full moon. Thankfully flies go away when it’s dark bMeer informatie

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    The Breakaways

    11 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    With a fixed tire (2nd flat of the trip), off we went on a bike ride. Quickly established how to wear a bug hat with a helmet. Easy ride on an outback road and then turned into the red dirt. Ride along the dingo fence- 5000km long meant to keep dingos in the western side of Australia. Rode the colorful rock formations. Flies got insanely bad. Back we went, trying to pedal faster than they could keep up with. Spent the rest of the day trying to avoid the flies!Meer informatie

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    Coober Peedy

    10 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Up and out early. It’s amazing how much faster you can go when don’t load up bikes. Drive for a bit, passing very large salt flats. Stop in a tiny town for gas and a break. Continue along the Stuart Highway. Continue to be glad we didn’t attempt to ride this. Set up and walk into town. Explore Opal Mines and local art. This is the opal capital of the world. Battle the flies but they do disappear as night falls.Meer informatie

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    To the Outback

    9 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Another chilly morning. Head up our little hill to watch the sunrise. Pack up and head north to Blinman - lots of animals out. Turn onto gravel road and drive through Parachilna Gorge to other side of the Flinders. Opt to not go for a walk - a bit buggy. Back in car and just drive. Back through Port Augustus. Stop in roadside campground in Pimba, on the edge of nuclear test site.Meer informatie

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    Wilpena Pound

    8 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Chilly morning (45) thus sleep in. Sun quickly warms us. Head along main trail towards Wilpena Pound (enclosed valley). Continue up to lookout and then opt for another hike up Mount Ohlssen Bagge. Quite the scramble but great views. On the way down spot a yellow footed wallaby! Find ourselves surrounded in the campground by a school group. At least they go to bed early.Meer informatie

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    Hike up Mount Remarkable

    6 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Drive to the other side of the mountain range to get to trail head for Mountain Remarkable hike. Nice quiet hike, winding our way up and over the mountain. Quite a bit of scree along the way. Thankfully, flies don’t seem to like this hike. Back down and return to our campsite. Make friends with a wild cat - steak fat always good for making friends.Meer informatie

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    Onto Mount Remarkable NP

    5 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Chilly morning but the sun quickly warms things up. Pack up car more efficiently and continue northward. Buy more food and after driving through arid prairie, arrive in lovely Mount Remarkable NP - also arid but more interesting topography. Go for hike along dry riverbed. Break out bug hats for the first time. Spot mountain goats, deer, wallabies and lots of flies.Meer informatie

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    Adelaide: Neighborhoods & errands

    1 mei 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Get a late start so opt to wander a bit and take care of our errands. Walk by large Oval (stadium) to North Adelaide - one of the oldest and prettiest neighborhoods. Lovely oak lined streets and stone buildings. Back through garden to wine museum and get a lot of our shopping done on busy Rundle street. Stop for a pint and back to hostel for delivered pizza. Very good!Meer informatie

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    Adelaide: Museums & Gardens

    30 april 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Returned to the Central Market to get food for the day. After, set off into the coolish morning heading for the South Australia Museum. A few interesting stops along the way. Good museum with an extensive exhibit of Aboriginal history and artifacts. Nice pastry break before walking along the river toward ghe botanical gardens. Nice exhibit of Chihuly art. Back to hostel for fish dinner.Meer informatie

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    Onto Adelaide

    29 april 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Beautiful morning for a bike ride along the coast. Lovely bike path right by the ocean. Dark clouds building around us. They do eventually open up on us. Follow a series of city cycle ways leading us into the city. Find our hostel, unpack and do some exploring. Go out for very good Greek dinner.Meer informatie

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    Vineyard trail to Moana

    28 april 2025, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Start our day with a pancake breakfast - out. Pretty good but spendy and small. Start our ride along the coast and quickly head up a steep hill. Nice views but tough climb. Pass a rather large Chinese temple. Decide to take scenic route on the Coast to Vines rail trail. Surrounded by vineyards. Do stop at a winery for some tasting but have to race to campground in Moana before dark.Meer informatie

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    Normanville

    27 april 2025, Australië ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Pack up and head up and through the Inman Valley. Finally have more trees! Lots of grazing animals and a few kangaroos. Stop for a pastry and opt to go to Normanville and the beach. Set up before taking a nice long walk down the beach. Apparently, there had been a great white shark spotted recently along this beach. We only see a few dead fish. Big camp kitchen is full of teens on a school kayak trip.Meer informatie

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    Exploring The Bluff

    26 april 2025, Australië ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

    As we have lots of time to get to Adelaide, spend another day around Victor Harbor. Beautiful sunshine gives way to some clouds and drizzle but we continue down cycle path the the end - the bluff. Spot dolphins frolicking in the water before hiking up to the top. Find an echidna and a little burrowing scrub like animal. Walk along the beautiful coastline. Day turns cold and windy so spend most of the remainder inside the warm TV room.Meer informatie

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    Victor Harbor

    25 april 2025, Australië ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Opt to move to Victor Harbor as it seems better placed for exploring. Ride along the Encounter Cycleway - with the ocean on one side and lovely homes on the other. Arrive in VH and check in. Walk back to town - bustling as it’s a public holiday (Anzac Day). Walk along causeway to Granite Island.Meer informatie

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