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Three days in the Red Centre: Kata-Tjuta & Kings Canyon
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 30 November 2009
Uluru is the one that gets all the worldwide fame and attention, but even from the plane coming into the area, I could see that Kata Tjuta looked like it could be equally impressive. Whereas Uluru is a giant monolith, Kata Tjuta is a series of huge dome-shaped rocks that were formed around the same [...]
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Three days in the Red Centre: Uluru
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 29 November 2009
“Why would you want to go all that way just to look at a rock granny?” is apparently what the granddaughter of a Scottish woman I met on the way to Uluru said to her before she left home. I must admit I was worrying the same thing. After all, it’s a very long flight from [...]
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Alice Springs, Australia
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 27 September 2009
They don't call it the Red Center for nothing. The three hour flight from Melbourne took us to the desert town of Alice Springs--literally in the middle of nowhere. Everything was covered in red dust and the river through town was a dry bed. Alice isn't much to speak of itself, but it's the launch point for excursions around the Outback including the largest rock in the world: Ayer's Rock, or by the original Aboriginal name (sort of), Uluru. We booked a three day, two night camping trip with The Rock tour company to see more.
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