Saturday 31st May 2008 Having found a free wireless network in my dorm room I spent the morning lazing in bed on the internet. Once I was up I went to the IGA next door and picked up a pastie and quiche which I ate on the hostel balcony. I then hired a bike for…
Friday 30th May 2008 Once again it wasn’t a great nights sleep and I gave up at half six to move to the lounge car for a change of scenery. At least being up early gave me the opportunity to have a text conversation with Ady. I had the full breakfast again and when I…
Thursday 29th May 2008 I was up at nine, checked out of the hostel and left my ruck sack in storage. I walked down into town, meeting Agne and Peter (who were on the Rock Tour, but stayed at Annie’s Place) on the way. I got a bacon and egg sandwich with orange juice for…
Wednesday 28th May 2008 We were up at half five once again, though this time we had breakfast of porridge at the campsite. There was a herd of wild horses near us in the morning, which were obviously enjoying the green grass within the campground. After packing up we had a relatively short drive to…
Tuesday 27th May 2008 We were woken up at half five to be taken to the Uluru sunrise lookout. When we got there the sky was just starting to turn red. We set up for breakfast, ate a bit and then I walked up to the viewing point with a bowl of cornflakes and cup…
Monday 26th May 2008 I was up and picked up along with quite a few others from the hostel at six fifteen. Our first stop was at The Rock offices to pay our park entry fees and buy extra water bottles so that we have three litres for our longest, three hour walk. After that…
Sunday 25th May 2008 Not surprisingly the night consisted of very broken sleep and attempts to get comfortable. As scheduled we did stop for around four hours during the night, which helped. It was a glorious sunrise over landscape that hadn’t changed a lot since Darwin. I got scrambled egg, bacon, beans, hash brown and…
Saturday 24th May 2008 Once again someone had thrown up on one of the gents loos last night so with that and the state of the kitchen I was glad to be out of the hostel. I had a bit of trouble finding the Transit Centre as it’s tucked away behind shops, but made it…
Friday 23rd May 2008 The hostel was pretty noisy last night so after a disturbed sleep I got up at half eight. I had my usual breakfast of yogurt and muesli and then gritted my teeth and got back on the bike to make the most of the hire. My first stop was the tourist…
Thursday 22nd May 2008 I made it out of bed earlier today and after breakfast eventually managed to find a place to hire a bike. It was basically an area surrounded by temporary fencing and a couple of storage containers with the bikes. I can’t complain at getting a pretty new mountain bike until half…