http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/australia-travel-blog.html This Australia Travel Blog is all about the Australian Outback. It tells you about the latest additions, news and updates to the Outback Australia Travel Guide. en-us australian outback Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:07:32 GMT Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:07:32 GMT outback-australia-travel-secrets.com http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/uluru-climb-or-not.html 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 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:07:30 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/the-best-way-to-do-the-big-red-centre-three.html 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 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:23:52 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/travelling-from-perth-up-the-west-coast-to-darwin-via-broome.html 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 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:14:01 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/working-in-australia-without-visa.html 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 / Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:58:48 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/to-climb-or-not-to-climb-what-was-the-question.html Tis funny how cultural significance changes over the years. The current guardians of Ayers Rock (Uluru) have brought forward opinions in the past 15 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:45:13 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/is-there-another-way-to-get-a-working-visa.html 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 Sun, 10 May 2009 05:44:07 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/working-visas-can-you-go-and-come-back.html If I applied for and got a working visa - did 3 months fruit picking , and then after 6 months decided I wanted to go to NZ, or Europe or Sun, 10 May 2009 05:37:02 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/the-climb.html 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 Sun, 10 May 2009 05:29:44 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/corrugations-the-things-they-do-to-you.html A couple of hints for first time visitors to some of our country roads. Corrugations are the invention of a particularly fiendish devil and here are a Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:45:17 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/we-dont-climb.html While studying abroad, our class spent several days at Uluru and spoke with a few Aboriginal elders. They explained to us how sacred climbing Uluru Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:52:12 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/living-earth.html Yes, I really felt that the Earth itself was alive, sitting up there on the Uluru. Despite having been brought to Uluru by a tourist bus (that was in Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:25:12 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/stranded-in-old-andado.html Another story about Central Australia in 1986... We left Alice Springs for Oodnadatta without a worry. After a fairly long drive our bus got stuck in Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:24:23 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/melbourneperthburrup-too-ambitious.html We have three weeks and we want to visit siblings in Melbourne and Perth. I would love to visit the Burrup. Would it better to fly everywhere seeing Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:58:06 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/my-trip-through-the-outback.html Over Easter of 1995 I did a 8 day camping tour from Darwin to Alice Springs. I was there on University exchange and this was part of my holidays. I Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:51:30 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/camper-van-hire-wa-april-road-closed.html Myself and 3 friends are planning a trip from Perth to Darwin from the 2nd April 27th April 2009. We were going to hire a camper van but are now Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:45:28 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/olgas-kata-tjuta.html Don't miss these rocks and gorges of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. In my experience the Olgas have more... Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:22:31 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/kings-canyon.html Kings Canyon is the biggest attraction of Watarrka National Park (often called Kings Canyon National Park). Read why many of my readers name the Canyon Rim Walk as the highlight of their trip to the Red Centre. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:20:54 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/bicentennial-national-trail-lets-do-it.html Are there any others out there with a desire to do a trip along the Bicentennial Trail? Preferably I'd do it on horse back with minimal gear. I should Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:46:07 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/vegetarian-on-cattle-stations.html I want to spend a year in Australia on different cattle stations. But I've got one problem. I'm a vegetarian. I'm willing to eat meat for one year, Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:33:35 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/how-long-do-yo-have-to-leave-oz-between-visits-to-renew-visa.html You say in your ' About me ' section that every 6 months you left Australia and went to Timor, Bali, South Africa and then returned and renewed your Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:21:47 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/approval-to-run-into-uluru.html We are planning to run from Alice Springs to Uluru in May (finishing at the base of Uluru). Uluru being on Aboriginal land, would we need to submit a Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:08:32 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/taking-the-family-pet-dog.html We are hoping to travel outback later in the year with our four kids in a camper trailer. We would love to take our dog but don't know if that would Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:52:03 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/family-of-five-off-to-alice-springs-and-uluru-from-sydney.html We (2a & 3k) plan to go from Sydney to Uluru in 2010 for three weeks. Unfortunately we are limited to school holidays so would you suggest April or Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:41:09 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/can-bar-work-in-the-outback-count-towards-2nd-year-visa.html I have only got a few months left in Australia to complete my first year - I absolutely love the place and have travelled from Sydney right around to Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:33:22 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/work-visa-for-30-year-old.html I am a 30 year old Canadian wanting to apply for an Australian holiday work visa. My question is: Can I apply for a working holiday visa before I Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:36:45 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/litchfield-was-busy-but-worth-it.html We visited Litchfield in May 2007. It was quite busy, but not crowded. All waterfalls were flowing strongly, the track to one of the smaller ones was Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:00:14 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/longest-drive-out-of-the-chambers-pillar.html Well, this is all shameful story. However, I want to share with visitors of this website, especially with people new to 4WD vehicle and unsealed road. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:27:48 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/uluru-great-but-cut-out-the-vacillating-on-climbing.html Second trip to Uluru in July 2008. Climbed it the first time in 1997 when there wasn't much discussion about not doing it. This time around it is Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:30:13 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/the-outback-of-iran.html Hi, I am Iman. I live in Iran and I love to travel to outback areas. I send some of my pictures from outback areas in Iran for you. This place Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:48:01 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/minimum-stay-on-fruit-picking-farms.html If I want to do fruit picking , how long do I have to stay on the farm? I am going to Australia this year and I'm planning to travel, but in case I Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:44:24 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/having-sufficient-funds-when-arriving-in-australia.html The WHV says you may have to have sufficient funds when you arrive. If you have to, how do you prove that you have your funds? I will have a Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:31:40 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/2wd-vehicle-in-outback.html We are moving to the outback (ASP) this May for 2 years and would love to get out and see most of the places on your site. We are bringing over our Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:12:36 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/easter-at-kakadu.html We want to go to Kakadu/Litchfield NP around Easter 2009 (mid April) for 9 days. We are living in Sydney since 7 months now and it will be our first Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:12:04 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/adelaide-to-darwin-in-march.html We (4 Belgian people) want to travel from Adelaide to Darwin and from Darwin to Cairns. We have a Ford Falcon from 94. A lot of people who we Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:39:25 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/visit-australia-get-working-permit.html If I get an Australia visitors permit and visiting in Australia I find some job there, can I get a work permit there after? Please tell me, Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:42:33 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/the-lush-side-of-the-outback.html I visited Darwin over a year ago and spent 4 fabulous days traveling in a loop from Darwin through Kakadu including serene Yellow Water, through Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:05:16 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/australian-working-holiday-visa.html Want to go on Australian working holidays? Are you over or under thirty years old? The Australian working holiday visa is for... Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:40:30 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/rock-of-ages.html Ayers Rock is a natural geological feature. It is not a church, a mosque, a man made object. For one group of people to ban everyone else when that Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:56:28 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/10-days-flying-into-alice-springs-and-out-of-darwin.html I am travelling with a group of five and intending on renting a campervan to travel for ten days in the last two weeks in February, flying into Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:19:43 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/walking-across-the-outback.html What about walking across Outback Australia? Not hitch hiking, but preparing and doing a trek across the country. What are some of the dangers i.e. Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:19:13 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/touring-australia-in-a-motorhome.html My husband and I are trying to decide how to spend 5 weeks in Australia and see as much as we can. We will start in Melbourne and pick up a motorhome Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:08:03 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/birding-kakadu.html A week in Kakadu in November was a great success for us, despite minimal planning and flexibility (my husband was there for work but I was free to Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:23:14 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/a-little-about-our-place-kilcowera-station-a-working-cattle-place-and-also-farm-stay.html Life on Kilcowera Station, SW Queensland We have owned and cared for Kilcowera (49,210 ha) since 1980. In that time we have raised our 2 girls, Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:03:56 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/watching-sunrise-at-uluru.html While we were waiting for the sun to rise at Uluru , I turned to see how far the sun had risen, when I spotted this guy standing on the roof of his Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:51:40 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/oodnadatta-track-report.html We drove the Oodnadatta Track in the end of June 2008 and the track was in a very good condition. We met at least 20 other 4wds and an older couple Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:36:08 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/night-driving-in-the-outback2.html We had to drive on several days some hours at night to match our travel schedule. The locals usually drive in the middle of the street to prevent Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:33:53 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/how-much-do-you-usually-get-paid-in-fruit-picking.html How much can you usually earn from fruit picking in Victoria? One friend said it's about 10 dollars an hour, another friend said its up to 27 dollars Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:42:39 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/seasonal-work-start-dates.html I was wondering if you knew the best time to start the seasonal fruit picking work . I.e. west to east Jan - Dec etc. I will be in Australia in Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:46:51 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/from-alice-spring-to-kings-canyon.html We are a married couple and we'll come from Alice Springs to Kings Canyon driving a car (not 4x4) on January 2009. My question is what way we have Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:03:23 GMT http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/surfing-the-todd-river-at-alice-springs.html I've lived in the Territory most of my life, so I get to look out my window and see the MacDonnell Ranges every day. After 50 years, I'm still awe Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:51:48 GMT