The time
has come: I was finally able to find some time to see the red centre, the heart
of Australia!
We took the
Ghan from Adelaide to Alice Springs, which takes around 24h and is an amazing
experience through the Outback. For students its about 200$ one way in comfy
seats.
Arriving at
noon in Alice Springs by 36 degrees we feel like dying, sooooo hot! We took a
taxi to pick up our campervan and here comes the deal: As a student it is ideal
to get a RELOCATION (possible in Oz and NZ). You re-locate a campervan from A to
B as listed by the company. They need their van back at a specific branch and
because you are so nice and drive it there you just pay a minimum amount of
money for renting. Our deal was: Alice Springs to Adelaide in 4 days time with
a 2berth Campervan with shower, toilet, tv, dvd player, bbq,... for 5$/day.
Plus they’ll pay 210$ fuel for us. Here are two links where you can look up
some possible re-locs, good luck.
(http://www.drivenow.com.au/onewayrentals.jspc;
http://www.standbyrelocs.com/)
After
30mins we had the camper and we made our way to the Kings Canyon. The following
days were packed with hikes, driving, wildlife and more. Our first hike was 3h through
the cliffs of Kings Canyon to the Garden of Eden where you can have a beautiful
swim in a waterhole. Our second hike was at the Olgas through the ‘Valley of
the Winds’, which was pretty adventurous. The last walk was around parts of the
base of Uluru, Ayers Rock, which was impressive too. On our way we saw heaps of
animals: wild horses, cows, sheep, cats, rabbits, lots of camels but NO
kangaroos (at least not alive ones). On the drive home a last stop over in
Coober Pedy was planned where we visited the underground churches. Beautiful
sunrises as well as sunsets were part of the whole journey while driving along those
never ending roads...
PS. Thanks
for your lovely comments on my past entries.
I’m always happy to see that my blogs help people exploring the world :)
