In less than 24h I will board a train on my way to Sydney Airport to begin my ’round Australia Tour (self proclaimed). I suppose it is fitting then that this is also the 300th post on my blog. Many of you may be thinking, “Isn’t he supposed to be going to school down there?” and you’d be right. The reason I am able to make this tour is because we get about month off between the Autumn term and the Spring term. Others out there may be wondering where this ’round Australia Tour will take me, and for those I provide the following general guide.
My tour (*note: this is not a purchased tour, I just like using the term ‘tour’ to describe it as ‘trek’ just didn’t feel right) begins with a flight from Sydney to Adelaide. From Adelaide I will board a bus and head due north making a stop in Cobber Pedy before reaching Alice Springs. Alice Springs is the common starting point for venturing to Uluru (aka Ayers Rock), and I’ll be making the same trip. A note here, it makes much more sense to stop off at Uluru on the way to Alice from Adelaide (as it’s on the way) but I am meeting two friends in Alice to venture to Uluru. Hence my path. Continuing on. After spending 3 days in and around Uluru I will board a bus and continue my trip north towards Darwin. Darwin is a solid 3 day (average days) driving from Alice. On my way to Darwin I will be making a lay over in a small town called Daly Waters. Why would I stop in a one pub town in the middle of nowhere? Easy, Mr. Clelland has found him self there working at a pub. It seems the drive to Darwin from Alice was to much for him so he decided to break it up. We plan to take a few days and drive off into the outback, with little but some maps to guide us (well, and some good advice and his new GPS device). After Daly I continue to Darwin where I’ll take a 3 day tour of the Kakadu National Park. From Darwin I fly to Cairns via a mining town called Nhulunbuy. In Cairns I will dive the Great Barrier Reef then work my way down the east coast stopping in Townsville (with a visit to Magnetic Island), Airlie Beach (to sail the Whitsundays), Rainbow Beach (to drive Fraser Island), Noosa Heads (to surf and visit Steve Irwin’s Zoo), and finally to Brisbane to fly home. It looks like my total kilometers traveled will be in the 11,000 to 12,000 range. Total cost? Priceless.
I hope to post a bit from the road, but don’t think I’ll be able to post many photos. I imagine I’ll make some paper notes, some short blog posts, then wrap it all up properly once I return in mid July.
See you all on the road.
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