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Travelling from Melbourne to Darwin in January
My husband is being posted to Darwin for work and we have decided to drive there. We are going in January and I know this is the wet season. My question
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Tribute to Tragedy on the Cooper Lake Eyre
We are seven tourists who were at Cooper Creek the day the ABC helicopter went down and have written a blog about our travels through the outback and have
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Climbed Uluru and LOVED it!!
Let's see, I am an Environmentalist, therefore to me the most precious thing about going anywhere is the impact on the environment. I HAVE been to many
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Ayers Rock 1970
I was a boy of 8 when we went to Ayers Rock 40 years ago. There was nothing there but the rock. Of course I climbed it! I will always remember it.
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Ayers Rock in '73
I climbed Ayers Rock in '73'. Back then it was called Ayers Rock and it was a prerequisite of our school to climb. If you didn't climb you would get a
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Back when we knew no better...
I first visited Uluru with my parents back in the early 80's, and did the climb. Back then we knew only that the rock had cultural significance to the
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I will be climbing Ayers Rock
I think your writings on Ayers Rock are very one sided. I have spoken to numerous people that have climbed the rock and it is only when the government
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Climb the rock!
I climbed the rock back in 1987 and it was a soulful experience. All Australians have the right to climb and they should. I felt more in tune with our
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Kakadu..unplanned highlight of Oz
We went on an organized Kakadu tour, camping for 3 nights, that we accidently signed up for, thinking it was a different tour. We aren't campers! My wifes
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I climbed Uluru, a spiritual experience
The way I see it, Uluru was there millions of years before the Aborigines arrived, before the Whites arrived. No one owns the Rock, it belongs to the world,
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My Grandmother's sacred site
My grandmother was one of the stolen generation. It was a very important event in her life when she was able to climb Uluru. I was brought up, that it
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My country
I was first drawn to the rock as a 20 year old man. I some how knew that I would always go there. That I would go to the highest point of it. That I
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Northern Territory During the Wet Season – Well Worth It!!
We recently returned from a trip around the Northern Territory and I thought I would share my story as we were there at the end of the wet season, but
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Celebrating my 40th year special
I loved Ayers Rock (Uluru). Not only did I choose to climb but I also did the extended helicopter flight over it. Why climb? Uluru has always been Ayers
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Ayers Rock Is Awesome!
For many years I have wanted to visit Ayers Rock, finally I got the chance with my husband and 3 boys. To see it for the first time was just mesmirising,
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Uluru--If I go I will climb
I've read quite a lot about whether and why to climb Urulu or not. There are a lot of reasons why conscientious people decide to climb it and why others
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Oodnadatta Track Solo on XR400r
Outback SA, June 2009 My 1570 km gravel surf on a 1998 XR400 (gearing 15/42, 14.4 lt tank, saddle bags and a tunnel bag + 5 lt spare fuel on board) from
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Is it right or wrong to climb Uluru? - Have a think
What is right and what's wrong? Every decent person would know the answer, those who don't, well you might have missed something important in your life.
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Down South in WA
This are the lillies down south in Western Australia where the caves are! I think it's around Dunsborough. There are thousands everywhere, yet they pay
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Backpacker Hostels in Australia
Independent advice on cheap budget accommodation in Australia: what to expect and how to find and book the best value youth and backpacker hostels in Australia.
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Ayers Rock: Overpriced GUILT?
It is my understanding that traditional owners are in possession of both Uluru and the closest resort. Note from B.: The traditional owners don't own
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Don't ban the Uluru climb!
I thought long and hard about whether to climb Uluru or not. My husband and I did the walk around first and were very careful not to photograph the sacred
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I climbed Uluru in 1984
I visited Ayers Rock in 1984, before it became a huge visitor centre. There was one hotel, still being finshed off, and contact for bookings was by telegraph.
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Uluru: a controversial place
We only spent one day and half in Uluru area, and even if it was a bit short we really enjoyed it. We didn't climb it, we was hesitating with all the
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The Uluru summit is fantastic
Climbing to the top of Ayers Rock was one of the most amazing and profound experiences of my life. It ranks with being on glaciers and active volcanoes.
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Around Australia using LPG and petrol
We have a 2004 Prado using both LPG and petrol. We plan to travel Australia for a few years pulling a 21 ft Jayco van. Will I need to carry jerry cans
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Our French Girls, we will miss you! Would love to have the opportunity of hiring travellers again
I own a pub in Northern NSW and hired two English speaking French girls who applied for a position I had advertised in the local paper. I had always wondered
Camping in Nitmiluk
We are going to Katherine Gorge next week, but unfortunately because of the delayed dry season, the overnight canoe trip is off limits. I still want
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One man, a four wheel drive and ten thousand kilometres of dusty tracks and dirt roads...
Back in 2009 Dutch travel photographer Thijs Heslenfeld contacted me to let me know that his latest photo book is due out soon. Hot - Life in the Australian
Get Wise
I have not yet been to Uluru. I went to Australia in January, so in summer, and decided to keep the outback for the next trip in winter. However, what
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Cheap Travel Australia - Have the Cheapest Australia Holiday Ever
Did you know that you can easily get discounts of up to 50 percent on your travel in Australia? And it's easy! You just get yourself the...
Travelling from East Coast to Darwin
We are looking to travel from Sydney to Cairns, down to Mt. Isa via Atherton over a period of approx 2 months, leaving Sydney in early March. We are
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Jet Lag Remedies - Do They Actually Work?
I had nearly given up, but after 15 years of trial and error, I finally found a totally natural jet lag remedy that actually works...
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Driving around Australia
I am currently in Perth. I plan to leave Perth, drive the west coast to Darwin, over to Cairns then down to Brisbane, Sydney over to Ayers Rock and
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Central Australia in December/January
My family and I are planning to visit Central Australia some time in December and January. But I worry about the temperature. Is it really very hot
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Kings Canyon to Alice via Mereenie Loop
Hello, just thought I'd share our trip report on the Mereenie Loop Road from Kings Canyon to Alice Springs for other travellers. Firstly there are
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Camping in Kakadu during the wet season
I am going (with my boyfriend) to be in Kakadu around the 5 December. We wanted to camp because everything is so expensive but you seem to say that it
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Is the Outback Moving to Sydney?
What goes through your mind when you wake up in the morning and see a thick orange cloth hanging outside the window of your bedroom? First you pinch
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On the way to Alice Springs...
My mother and I took a bus tour through Australia's Outback in 1980 to experience the various places, see Ayers Rock and the Olgas. There were hardly
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Happy to have climbed Uluru
Ever since I translated a story about an illegal climb of Uluru via Ngaltawata in 1976 - I think - for a mountaineering stories anthology, I wanted to
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Spiritual, Magical Uluru
A few years ago, I went to Uluru. I was on a very low budget, but I went there, thinking the climb was closed a decade or two before. I was surprised
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Uluru – frequently unanswered questions
Beauty, bans, fines, nonsense & superstition... National or Aboriginal park? Aboriginal culture – the invisible side.... Is it really worth a visit?
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Booking flight before applying for Working Holiday Visa
In your Working Holiday Visa description it says that You must not make arrangements to travel to Australia until you are advised that your visa has
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Uluru: Climb or not
No, I would't march into a Buddhist temple in shorts and hiking boots because the monks hadn't pressured me not to. But I certainly would do so
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The best way to do the big Red Centre three
Hi. I'm trying to work out the best way of planning a trip to Kings Canyon and Uluru from Alice Springs . We fly in from Darwin on 16th Sept
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Travelling from Perth up the west coast to Darwin via Broome
I am planning on leaving Perth in the next 2 weeks and would like to get to Darwin then over to Cairns. I want to go to all of the places in have seen
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Working in Australia without visa
I'm planning on going to Oz with a friend who will have a working holiday visa but I won't as I've already done that during 1999 / 2000. How easy /
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To climb or not to climb, what was the question?
Tis funny how cultural significance changes over the years. The current guardians of Ayers Rock (Uluru) have brought forward opinions in the past 15
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Is there another way to get a working visa?
I'm thinking to travel and work in Australia , but unfortunately my country of origin (I'm currently living in Thailand) was not mentioned on the
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The Climb
I am about to visit Uluru BUT I will NOT be climbing the rock. A few years ago I studied Tourism studies and learnt a lot I did not know about the
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