Alice Springs/Uluru post

Sorry for late account - i also decided to be uber lazy and not upload any pics here. I'll put them up on fb i promise :)


Day 1:
- Forgot hat so got excuse to buy awesome fly net hat. smothered anti fly cream on it and also sprayed Aeroguard on too which i reckon attracts rather than repels. fk i need a ANTI FLY PROTECTION BUBBLE.
- Drove 5 hrs to Ayers Rock Resort from Alice Springs. I hate car trips. xD
- Around 40 degrees each day. More dry hot so if no flies existed i could live there.
- Had "Aussie Outback BBQ style" buffet where you bbq your own meat and salad buffet. I swear one layer of me melted while cooking and surrounded by 10 other bbqs and vents haha
- Used empty water bottle to pong on sister's butt and head it makes funny noise.
- First realised that email had crashed on me.
- Went swimming.

Day 2:

- Walked around base of Uluru; it sits in water did you know?
- Got attacked by flies
- There are 35 types of weeds in Uluru park so gardeners weeding there all day
- Walked to see the Gorge
- It is disrespectful to climb the Rock.
- Uluru/sand is red because the iron oxidizes and leaves rust.
- Went to Culturul Centre and learned about food
- My mum wouldn't let me buy the awesome cd Frog Calls.
- You either see the sunset at Uluru or the Olgas and that night the view from the Olgas was better damnit. We were at uluru but i took lots of pics anyway.
- Tip: follow the tourist buses. There are heaps and they know the best stuff. Heaps of jap tourists.
- had this 3 hr fine dining dinner cut short to 2 hrs cos had to get up 4am next day for sunrise.

Day 3:
- woke up 4:30am, sunrise from 5:10 - 6:30am at Ayers Rock. It's meant to turn from brown to red.
- laura was being an excellent hobo.

- walked around Uluru for a bit .. its like 2km by .. more km.. by more km...
- camel ride and bought toy camel for dog to chew on. He did not appreciate it.
- ate a lot
- went on the net and watched tennis. studied while family went swimming.
- too cloudy at night to go see the stars.
- finished reading 2 books.
- mum decided to turn my nice lambchop dinner into some caesar salad. gees. haha but it was still good

Day 4:

- climbed/walked 7km for 2.5hrs on and around King Canyon
- the first 100m was literally vertical with small steps i was half crawling. haha probably looked like a freak from below.
- rest of it was easier and took pics of us 1m from edge of cliff - no hand railing. mum freaked out when she saw the pics of me and dad.
- while i was getting fit, laura was being nerdy doing maths in the car with mum.
- zoomed in on ppl who walked 6km to swim in some valley from top of cliff. hahahaha ==
- 5hr drive back to Alice Springs
- had dinner at 11pm.

Day 5:
- drove around to see Chasm
- other stuff
- awesome wildlife park
- where i bought my awesome FROG. i swear it's 500g-1kg. hidden fat

- after aborigines spear the kangaroo, they dislocate the limbs and head and slice open the stomach. they take out the stomach intestines etc and form a little bag out of it and put it back in the body/pouch. then it gets tied up and the hunter calls someone over to carry it on their back. they cook it in this big ditch and cover it so its like an underground oven. haha
- i like honey ants.
- it rained heavily while you ppl in melb had that 41degree day.
- more tennis

Day 6:
- flew back home bumpy ride
- couldn't sleep properly kept moving in seat and laura's knee kept poking out and hurting me in my sleep
- had these extremely sour lollies PAINFUL no wonder on sale
- finally had asian food/rice for dinner after a week of ...other stuff. @.@
- finished another book. overall did no hw on the holiday.
- Laura is generously modelling the flynet hat for you readers.

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Total no. pics taken: 433 + 385 = 818 pictures.
Total no. flies I attacked: TOO MANY.
Total amount bicep muscle gained from swatting: not sure, can't see.
Total amount of hw done on trip: .....read 3 eng books? fail.

Bought lots of souvenirs - mainly artwork, tea towels and books. Unfortunately, Alice Springs/Uluru isn't the cheapest place on earth. So i couldn't get all of you a present. Well, any of you. ==

You have my love though :)

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR. =)