Posted in Logistics, Uluru on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
On their guest survey forms, the people at Voyages who run the Ayers Rock Resort ask a question about rating “value for money” on a scale to 10. My answer is somewhere around -4. This has been the only truly disappointing part of the trip. The fact that the Australian government has granted Voyages a […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Uluru on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
On Monday, I was up at 4am for the main tour I had purchased: the Desert Awakenings 4WD tour. At A$130, it was not cheap, but it promised the most interesting small-group experience.
I had reconfirmed my reservation when I got to the resort, and was told that I’d be picked up at 4:40am. […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Uluru on Jan 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Or is it Uluru aka Ayers Rock? After all, the indigineous people were there first….
So you read the articles and the guidebooks, and you know that it is big. But no matter how much you prepare yourself, you still cannot believe how big this sandstone is: 9km in circumfrence, 4km at its widest point. It […]
Posted in Melbourne on Jan 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Today is Sunday, and I am writing from the Alice Springs airport, where Qantas has been kind enough to provide free wireless Internet access for my 3.5 hour layover. I did not make it online while I was in Melbourne, so I’ll take a few minutes here to catch up.
When I last wrote, I was […]
Posted in Car Rental, Sightseeing, Tasmania on Jan 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Today was a fun day. I slept in, left the hotel at about 11, spent most of the day driving (up to Devonport which was bleh, then over to the Tamar Valley wine region), killed about 90 minutes back at the hotel’s off-track betting area wagering a whopping $15 over the course of an hour […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Tasmania on Jan 17th, 2008 No Comments »
After getting a long night’s sleep last night, I’m going to spend this afternoon driving around Launceston and the Tamar Valley wine routes. I don’t intend on picking up any wine, by the time I pay the excess shipping charges I may as well just buy it in Chicago.
I have to get out to the […]
Posted in Photography, Tasmania on Jan 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Some more photos, these are of Tasmania. Click the link for the shutterfly album.
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Posted in Elsewhere, Photography, Uncategorized on Jan 17th, 2008 No Comments »
More photos, these are of the Great Ocean Road. Click the link to get to shutterfly, and there’s an option for a slideshow.
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Posted in Tasmania on Jan 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Every vacation this long needs some slow days. Rather than trying to jam in another destination, I had booked one extra day in Sydney, Melbourne, and on Tasmania. Today is essentially the extra Tassie day - I’m being a bum and not doing very much other than catching up on doing nothing.
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Posted in Sightseeing, Tasmania on Jan 16th, 2008 No Comments »
The penguin tour last night from Bicheno Penguin Tours was outstanding. I only got a couple of very bad photos because one of the rules of the tour is no additional light beyond what they provide. The tour started after dark (I originally thought it would be at sunset) because the penguins are out on […]
