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My Outback Adventure Tour

Maguk, Kakadu

In September 2008, I travelled from Darwin to Adelaide through the Centre of Australia, 3200km on the Stuart Highway. Read the rest of this entry »

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The view from one of the lookouts on Dutchmans Stern.

Driving through the Clare with pit stop at Knappstein wines.

And finally we arrive in Adelaide; the view from the Hilton!

Our accommodation in Quorn, a converted Mill!

The view from the Lookout, over Wilpena Pound

Leaving Coober Pedy…

The military base Woomera, previously used to test atomic bombs.

One of Australia’s salt lakes, yum!

The spaceship from Pitch Black, filmed at Coober Pedy, the opal capital of the world!

The magnificent Uluru just after sunrise

Kata Tjuta, previously known as the Olgas

Uluru at sunset

Watching the famous Ghan leave Alice Springs

Juno Horse Farm, complete with horses, cows and an abandoned spaceship!

There are lots of rocks here, remnants from a big chunk of granite.

The Tropic of Capricorn is the highest place the sun passes during the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.