Nothing quite says Australia like the Outback. The overwhelming open spaces and roads that seem to stretch forever. Our road trip route definitely wasn’t for the fainthearted. In total we drove 3,258 kilometres, breaking our journey up into approximately four nine hour chunks of solid driving, luckily our rental camper van was perfect for this…. apart from when our air con stopped working!
We had two very quick pit stops Coober Pedy and despite it being such a tiny little Outback town, it’s known as the worlds opal capital – about 70% of all opal in the world is mined there. Coober Pedy is also known for most of its settlements being underground, which is pretty understandable as temperatures there can reach an unbearable 48 degrees, and with it being the middle of the Outback, finding some shade isn’t exactly easy.
So moving on to the real reason we decided to drive all this way. We wanted to see the red centre, and trust me, it did not disappoint. Uluru is not only beautiful but it tells so many stories as a sacred site to the Aboriginal People.
We were lucky enough to see it’s incredible changing colours at both the sunrise and sunset during our fleeting visit and also walk the 10.6 kilometres around it’s base. We had all decided from the off that we were not going to climb Uluru as its not only unsafe but also it’s seen as disrespectful to do so.
The three of us ended up timing our base walk slightly wrong and were out in the hottest part of the day, but with it being ‘Winter’ over here this was only around 27 degrees, so not totally unbearable. There is a surprising amount of trees and greenery around Uluru, especially the wild flowers that are in peak season at the moment. We also saw some friendly lizards who posed for some close up photos and a cute little snake who was unfortunately camera shy.
The drive back to Adelaide finished with us dropping Jack off at the airport for his flight back home to the UK. It’s scary to think that in less than a week we will be doing the same !
(Lots of photos to come❤️)
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