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…
Wednesday 21st May 2008 Needless to say this morning was spent sleeping! I skipped breakfast and went straight for lunch and then went and laid in the park opposite the hostel to read. I picked up some pasta and sauce for tea from the supermarket and got a load of washing done. After tea I…
Tuesday 20th May 2008 I was up earlier this morning, had my breakfast, booked the shuttle bus to the airport, checked out and then went to get an overdue haircut (the last one was when I arrived in Thailand). I got on the ten to ten shuttle bus and after we’d picked up nineteen more…