Flowers, Wineries and Fairy PenguinsMount MarthaIt is pouring rain when we wake up. Belinda, Andy, John and I pile Into the car and head first to a town called Mount Martha on the outskirts of Melbourne by the coast (Port Phillip Bay).Fortunately the rain stops. We stop in at Belinda’s mother, Barbara’s house.Her home is an idyllic window lined house surrounded by beautiful gardens. It is like a paradise. We …
Off to MelbourneFrom Uluru to MelbourneI sleep in until 5:45am this morning. We take our time finishing packing, reading and watching the news. An interesting story came up…a resort in Port Douglas found a juvenile crocodile in their luxury swimming pool. You can’t make this stuff up. Click here for the news video.Our flight leaves at 11:10am. We are flying Jet Star.About three hours later (of which I spend …
Kata Tjuta and Ayers RockSunrise at Kata Tjuta LookoutFor the third morning in a row we get ourselves up before 4:00AM …this time to catch the bus to watch the sunrise over Kata Tjuta, (Uluru ‘s lesser known sibling rock formation).From this sunrise platform we can also see the sun rising beside Uluru which gives us a whole different perspective than yesterday. Even at Kata Tjuta’s lookout, distant Uluru …
Sunrise to Sunset at Ayers Rock (Uluru)Sunrise at UluruWe are up at 3:45AM (second day in a row with a 3AM start), have a quick homemade breakfast in our room and off to the bus stop to meet our Uluru Hop On Hop Off. We are going to watch the sunrise at Uluru and then walk around the entire rock. The weather is very comfortable at this time of morning, …
