Ayres Rock, Kings Canyon and the Olgas plus Adelaide

Just for you Amy!

Well the 3 day camping tour of the things in the title was brilliant. 22 of us set off really early in the morning with our guide Bev and her bus amptly named "Bev's Bus" and got too our campsite at around midday. We had some lunch, pretty basic sandwiches but they were good enough. After, we headed for the Olgas and started the walk inside of them. It wasn't that long but it was good. They are huge. We then set off for Ayres Rock where we would see the sunset and the colour of the rock change several times. All the tours that came on huge coaches had huge champagne bottles so we though we'd crack open a few of the can's we'd bought. The display was superb, you cant really explain it. Once the sunset was over we went back to the campsite and started to make the fire and food. THe food was spectacular in itself, a huge cokking tray full of chicken, noodles, peppers, sauces and many other vegdtables. It was suprisingly really nice. Once we'd washed up and tidied everything away it was time to sit around the campfire for a few hours and have a few drinks which was fun. The sleeping situation was an experience in itself. We had basically sleeping bag inside a really big sleeping on the floor of the outback.....no tent. It kept us warm which was good. Got a good nights sleep so i cant complain. We had a little lie in the next day but still managed to catch the sunrise at Ayres Rock. We then went for a walk around the rock which makes you realised how big it actually is. Took us about a hour and a half just to walk half way around it. Didn't do muchon the afternoon apart from see Mount Connar and some salt planes. Once the tour was over we got back to camp just in time to see the sunset although it was a bit of trak to the top of a cliff to see it. Tea time again and the food wasn't as nice but was still ok as we were all starving. Same thing happened again after the food, we all talk for the rest of the night with a few drinks. Dan was asked a few strange questions such as "If you and Matt were in a plane crash that was on a desert island and there was no other food, would you eat Matt?" He replied yes which i was suprised at but then again i'd eat Dan. We carried the conversatrion on and it turns our Dan would eat any of his family and friends apart from Amy and Spot. He'd eat his own mother but not his cat. We all settled down for the night in the same sleeping bags, on the floor of the ourback but there was a little difference on this night, wild dingoes would roam around the campsite. At one point i looked out my sleeping bag and two dingoes walked right past me so i slowly put the sleeping bag back over my head. Another early start the next day as we headed to the Kings Canyon for a 2 hour walk along the top of it which produced some fantastic views of the canyon and the outback. Dan made a new G9 friend "Wolfgang" (thats his real name). Bev the guide gave us lots of information and was a pretty cool and funny person so it made the tour far better. Got back to the bus and headed back to Alice Springs which takes around 6 hours. We listened to music and played some games which passed the time. One game inparticular was quite fun. The aim of the game is to eat a Weet-a-bix (no milk) in the quickest possible time. I done it in a poor 3min 40secs. It is really really hard to do. Arrived back in Alice Springs at around 6pm, got a shower and went to a nearby pub clled 'Bojangles' where we met everyone else that was on the tour. Look at the menu in the pub and there was a parmo. Here i am in the middles of Australia and a Chicken Parmo is on the menu, i had to have it. It was so nice but wasn't quite a Teesside parmo. Once the food was over with we had to move to the "official bar area". Got a few drinks in and really enjoyed the night mainly because of the local. It was a great place with all sorts of people such as aborigonies, young, old, real locals, tourists, football fans etc etc. Really good night. We were advised to get a taxi back as Alice Springs isn't the safest place at night due too a lot of drunk people and drunk drivers. Got back and went straight to bed. Had to get the flight to Adelaide in the morning. Well, Adelaide. Its a great place, i'm not sure why yet but i know i really like it. I got too feed some Kangaroo's here as well and stroke a koala bear, they have fur like cotton wool. Flying out to Sydney tomorrow where we'll be for a month. Will be nice staying in once place for more than 4 days. I'm sure i've forgotten some things but nevermind.