Driving to the Red Centre

We've had an interesting couple of weeks and we've driven 1000's of kms through the outback to get to Alice Springs. We went so quickly (as there was practically nothing on the way) that we ended up meeting up with my parents again for a night in Alice Springs - a lovely bonus!

Below is an outback sunset - spectacular.

Here's Nic playing on the Devil's Marbles, hundreds of massive boulders in the middle of nowhere.

We had a 4-day trip in the West MacDonnells NP and saw wild budgies - how wonderful.

Here are the Ochre Pits. The Aboriginal people have used ochre for decoration and medicine for 30,000 years - amazing.

We went on a 4 hour epic walk at Ormiston Gorge - we had to wade through ice cold water which went up to my chest (Nic's waist!) to get across the creek and then do a bit of rather exciting and unexpected rock climbing! They've had so much rain here this year that everything is green and the creeks have water in them. We are seeing the red centre at it's most beautiful we think. They're are spring flowers everywhere!

We are at the Henley-on -Todd Regatta today in Alice Springs. This is a race with boats on a dry river bed - photos will be on the next edition! Tomorrow we head south to Uluru and Kings Canyon. Really excited about seeing Uluru at sunrise and sunset.