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Ayers Rock to Alice Springs

Thursday 26 March 2009
AustraliaFlyingAir SafariRed Centre Tour

Today we will see all sorts of highlights, so I will be a passenger and Clare will fly the plane. This will allow Clare to do some time flying here and gives me the opportunity to take loads of pictures;-)

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Uluru or Ayers Rock

Wednesday 25 March 2009
AustraliaWalkingAir SafariRed Centre Tour

Today we will walk along Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) and find out what it’s all about. Therefore we booked a guided tour with somebody that knows a lot of the rock, its history and the people that used to live around it: the Aboriginal people. Since our tour guide does not speak English, we also have a translator.

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Time to find the big rock

Tuesday 24 March 2009
AustraliaFlyingAir SafariRed Centre Tour

Today we will fly to one of the most famous and popular places in Australia: Uluru.

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Coober Pedy

Monday 23 March 2009
AustraliaWalkingAir SafariRed Centre Tour

We are in Coober Pedy and today we will learn a bit more about opals and the area around this town. And the best way to do all this is by having a guide. So, we ended up with Gunther. As the name suggest he is from Germany and came to Coober Pedy a long time ago to search for opals. So he is an expert now and stopped digging holes in the ground to find these stones. Nowadays Gunther organises bustours to show people like us around.

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Coober Pedy here we come

Sunday 22 March 2009
AustraliaFlyingAir SafariRed Centre Tour

On to our next stop: Coober Pedy. This place is all about opals. But first we need to get there and thus we need to fuel up and say goodbye to Birdsville.

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