Alice Springs

If you enjoy the natural beauty of the land take a Safari tour to the Tjuta or Ayers Rock and spend time in the beautiful surroundings of this natural Australia. The tourist attraction in the interior of Austria which is Alice Springs began as Stuart. This now, flourishing city was once a small telegraph station, the communication between Darwin and Adelaide. At one point in time Cameleers plowed across the desert with supplies opening up a means for survival for the pioneers that wanted to settle in Australia’s interior.

Alice Springs is a beautiful desert playground sitting in the middle of the Australian Outback. This vast, rocky desert region the sun paints at its leisure is a wide land of brush, caverns and imagination. The surface water is not heavy but the under ground is filled with water tables, allowing the town to flourish. Continue reading

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Renting a car Sydney style

When flying or arriving into Sydney you may be confused as to your options for renting a car. As flight after flight drops off people to their travel destinations it is obvious that many of them need transportation. There are many ways of leaving the airports but one of the ways that is most popular is via car rental. Continue reading

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Discovering Melbourne

The capital of Victoria, as well as the second most highly populated city in all of Australia, is Melbourne. It is also referred to by locales as the CBD, which stands for the Central Business District, which is a fitting name for the business and consumer based hub. Due to its ideal location, the city is able to offer a wide variety of shopping options and plazas for citizens as well as vacationers who want to enjoy the shopping experience of the city. The city itself is situated on the Port Phillip bay, which helps to make it an ideal spot for vacationers and offers a number of resorts Continue reading

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The Outback Made Personal

Not long ago, I climbed aboard a sand-colored 4×4 to embark upon an overnight tour of the Australian Outback. The most unusual aspect of this experience was that my fellow travelers were Aussies and we were going to Red Center, one of the country’s most popular tourists’ havens. Mingling with locals when touring is nothing out of the ordinary in most countries, but Aussies are better known for traveling to far flung destinations around the globe.

My female traveling companions reaffirmed my assumption as we navigated the early morning streets of Alice Springs. The four Aussies had never truly explored Australia. International flights from the Land Down Under to Southeast Asia, Indonesia and the South Pacific cost less than a domestic trip from Sydney to Perth. The women, like most Aussies, travel extensively to destinations throughout Southeast Asia, Europe, North and South America. Continue reading

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The Wonders of Oz

When you go over the rainbow, you will land in Oz; it’s just that the locals call it Australia. Start your winter Australia adventure in Sydney and end it there, too. The Sydney Opera House should be the first thing you see and the last one to savor. From there, visit the rainforest, Perth, and the Harbour Bridge. Don’t leave out the Jim Jim Waterfall, Uluru, and the Great Barrier Reef. You can see it all in two weeks, but with cheap winter airfare, a month allows you to spend three or four days in each location.

Use Tourism Australia (www.australia.com) to sort out the details. The varied Lonely Planet guidebooks are also thorough. Lonely Planet is in Melbourne and they are a tourism wizard.

Alice Springs has evolved into the gateway to Kings Canyon and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Here you’ll see Australia’s most famous rocks. Employ Voyages properties for getting to rustic campgrounds. Wayoutback Desert Safaris offers various guided tours.

Darwin is the capital of Northern Territory. Base yourself in Darwin to visit the national parks at Litchfield and Kakadu. Kakadu is over 1,200 square miles—with 5,000 aboriginal art sites, a plethora of plants and wildlife, waterfalls, and boardwalks under the billabong trees.

Cairns is home base for snorkeling and scuba-diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Go to www.fitzroyisland.com.au for info on hiking, snorkeling and kayaking. Port Douglas, a tony resort town graced by a four-mile long beach, offers boutique shopping to go along with reef outfitters. And don’t miss Daintree, an ancient rainforest.

Oztralia awaits. From the roos to the reefs, there is nothing else like it. Continue reading

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World Heritage Sites

Erupting from the thirsty Australian Outback are the evocative geological configurations of Uluru and Kata Tjuta. These iconic natural wonders are situated in Uluru National Park, a designated Aboriginal reserve.

Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is the planet’s largest monolith. This impressive red stone formation covers 9.4 kilometres (5.6 miles). Its smooth slopes ascend 340 metres (1,100 feet) above the arid plain.

Uluru has served as the focal point for the Aboriginal people in the Western Desert for over 10,000 years. Aboriginal tribes gathered here for cultural, economic, territorial and religious events. The ancient caves located at the foot of Uluru provided shelter and a canvas for Aboriginal art. Several tribes keep their traditions alive with rituals and songs in the caves of Uluru. Continue reading

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On the Ship

Traveling is the favorite activity of my family consisting of my wife and an 8-year old son. Cruise on a liner is an option that we always prefer as a vacation activity. As a rule, we always book tickets to the “Rhapsody of the Seas”.
Me and wife are office employees, our son is a school-boy; he wants to be an artist, so he attends an art-school.

Being on the board is the best time for him to improve his skills drawing marine landscapes. He can spend many ours standing on the upper deck with his easel, brushes, various colors and other related stuff.
During our last trip he accomplished a really big work on a canvas. He mixed a lot of colors trying to find a proper solution to draw the special color of seawater. Finally he did it. When the work was over he splashed remaining dye over the board.

The next morning was stunningly beautiful. The sea was calm and the water was of emerald color. But our son was shockingly looking on the sea without being able to say a word. We got worried: “What happened?” – We asked. “Look at the seawater” – he said – “this is my fault… I spoiled the entire sea”. Continue reading

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Journey from Alice Springs to Uluru

What should be packed for a self-led journey from Alice Springs to Uluru?

When packing for the long drive, ensure that you have refreshments for not only the people, but also the car. Pack snacks, drinking water, water for the car (in case of overheating), and a spare tyre. It’s also a good idea to keep an emergency medical kit on board. Mobile phone reception may not be available at all points along the route.

Mobile phones can provide extra peace of mind during holiday expeditions, but they aren’t a necessity. Satellite phones can be hired through car hire agencies. Continue reading

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