My third tour in central Oz was a day trip to King’s Canyon, about 3 hours away from Uluru and Kata Tjuta. It was an overcast and slightly drizzly day, which made for perfect hiking weather as I didn’t have to worry about burning or becoming dehydrated in the desert sun. The scenery was consequently [...]
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Australia’s Red Center: King’s Canyon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australia, desert, King's Canyon, Red Center on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Australia’s Red Center: Uluru
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australia, Ayers Rock, Red Center, Uluru on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My second tour in Australia’s Red Centre was a sunrise tour of Uluru (Aboriginal name) or Ayers Rock (white name). The colors were better than the previous night’s sunset, with the dawning sun gradually brightening and turning the rock formation brighter and brighter orange as the day progressed. When the sun was up enough to [...]
Australia’s Red Center: Kata Tjuta
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australia, desert, Kata Tjuta, The Olgas on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I spent four days in central Australia, a vast, desert region so spacious that I can’t find a word big enough to describe its scale. “Open” is what keeps springing to mind. In every direction, I saw expanses of red earth and yawning sky for miles and miles and miles. I toured 3 main geological [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australia, fireworks, New Year's Eve, Sydney on January 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I got to watch the world-famous Sydney Harbour Bridge fireworks in person this year. How cool is that? Happy 2010!
Australian Wine Country
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australia, Hunter Valley, wine on January 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Somehow I managed to live three years in upstate New Yorks’ Finger Lakes region without ever going on a wine tour, so when I came to Australia for the holidays I was excited to spend a couple days in the famed wine region down under. Of course, the Hunter Valley is a bit more widely-known [...]
