Posted in Logistics, Now that I know, Sightseeing, Uluru on Jan 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
I’ve been thinking about the issues surrounding the monopoly at Ayers Rock Resort, and how I’d do Uluru (photos) differently next time. Because the person I called at Ayers Rock Resort was great about changing my stay without penalty with one day’s notice due to my sinus infection, I really did not have much […]
Posted in Photography, Tasmania, Uluru on Jan 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
More photos… the last day’s worth of Tassie photos, and a ridiculous number of photos of Uluru in an attempt to find one or two worthy of an 8×10. Click here to get to Shutterfly.
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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 Air Travel, Melbourne, Sydney, Tasmania, Uluru on Nov 4th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been to Europe probably fifteen times over the years, and I have never used airplanes to move from one part of the vacation to the next. It’s always been trains, using Europe’s incredible rail network to maneuver about the continent. But for Australia, train travel was just not practical for my […]
Posted in Activities, Food and Drink, Melbourne, Sightseeing, Sydney, Tasmania, Uluru on Apr 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
23 things that came to my mind yesterday and this morning:
Meet my extended family (father’s first cousins) in Melbourne
Walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Taronga Zoo
Walk 300,000 steps over 20 days
Find a better Aussie beer than Foster’s
Tour a vineyard and find a great Shiraz I cannot find in America
Not gain more than six pounds
Tour the Sydney […]
Posted in Uluru on Apr 1st, 2007 No Comments »
I do not know Squage and Pat personally, but I like their writing style. I found them from a blog search on Google. They are on an around the world trip from their home in the UK, with most of the time spent in Australia. It appears that they are having a […]
