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Tag: Northern Territory

Weekend in the Top End

Posted: April 30th, 2011 by Scott

Over easter weekend we headed up to the “Top End” of Australia to celebrate our friend Matt’s 30th birthday. After taking a red-eye flight, we arrived at 6am, picked up our 4wd rental cars and headed out to Litchfield National Park. One of the features in the park is huge termite mounds.     There […]

The Red Centre (Part 2)

Posted: November 20th, 2010 by Scott

On day three of our Red Center camping tour, we woke up at a at 5:00 am to eat breakfast and break camp.  We were on our way to Kings Canyon National Park by six in the morning. This was the longest hike of the weekend, about 7 km. We got on the trail early […]

The Red Centre (Part 1)

Posted: November 19th, 2010 by Courtney

One of things we really wanted to see while we are in Australia was Uluru (Ayers Rock).  And as the summer is getting closer, its the perfect time to go to the into the outback before it gets too hot and dry. Our trip started with a 3-hour flight over the desert to the town of Alice Springs, right in […]