Day 32

The big moment had finally arrived, and there was no avoiding it – I was going to have to climb the damned thing. We caught an 8:50am shuttle bus to the rock, and began to make our way to the base of the climb.

Day 31

Our flight from Perth to Ayers Rock was scheduled for 7am, a despicably early hour considering that we would have to get up at 5. Somehow we managed it, and said goodbye to Lotta at quarter to six.

Day 30

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location:Perth
summary:Tour of Pinnacles and sand dunes, sandboarding
trip:australia00
day:30

Day 29

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location:Perth
summary:King’s Park with Lotta, (J+D went to Freemantle)
trip:australia00
day:29

Day 28

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location:In Transit
summary:Tour of Kalgoorlie, brief stop in Cook
day:28

Day 27

I took a proper volley of pictures of the train today. We are occupying two double berths, and last night I had to share mine with another passenger, while David and John had one to themselves. I’m told my passenger gets off today so I will have the berth to myself for the rest of the trip. On one side of our carriage is another holiday class carriage, then two first class carriages and the first class lounge and dining cars. The door between holiday and first class wasn’t locked, but a sign on the door said “first class passengers only” so we didn’t venture down that way. On the other side were our own lounge and dining cars. Our dining car was broken into two sections by the kitchen, leaving the majority of the carriage for holiday class tables, and a tiny area on the other side for the economy class passengers’ take-away counter. I definitely would not have enjoyed the journey if I had gone economy.

Day 26

I had heard about Bridgeclimb before we left for Oz, and it took quite some time to work out whether we could afford it. Climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge is not something a person has the opportunity to do very often, and seemed like the perfect end to our stay in Sydney. The cost was around A$120 per person, so it wasn’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination. In the end I figured that I probably couldn’t afford it, but hey, why not do it anyway.

Day 25

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location:Sydney
summary:National Maritime Museum
day:25

Day 24

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location:Sydney
summary:Stayed in with Deirdre and Claire, went Bushwalking
day:24

Day 23

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location:Sydney
summary:Blue Mountains
day:23