Day 138 - Fri 24th July: Somewhere in the middle of Australia

Quite a bit of our time was spent on the bus today as we continued on our way up to Darwin. Here's a pic of some flowers I found growing by one of the (many) petrol stations we stopped at.

Day 137 - Thurs 23rd July: Devils Marbles

More red stone today....this time in the shape of the Devils Marbles, a result of millions of years of erosion.

Day 136 - Weds 22nd July: West MacDonnell Ranges

We had a spare day in Alice Springs and one of the bus drivers offered to take us out to the West MacDonnell Ranges on his day off. Here's an artsy photo that would make an IKEA canvas print salesman happy. Also one for DOF fans.

Day 135 - Tues 21st July: The Reptile Centre, Alice Springs

Popped along to the Reptile Centre today and handled some snakes and lizards. Here's a pic of a snake getting friendly with one of my bus buddies, Michael.

Day 134 - Mon 20th July: Kings Canyon

Went for an awesome guided walk around Kings Canyon today, learning about all the plant life and how the Aborigines used them to live of the land. Great views too, but here's a pic of tour guide Jules pretending to fall off the edge of the canyon. Don't worry, he was fine...there's another ledge below.

There was a long drive to Alice Springs today, but the time passes pretty quickly when you play bus cricket. Possibly the best driving game ever.

Day 133 - Sun 19th July: The Red Centre

Look how red the sand is here -that's oxidising iron on a big scale

Day 132 - Sat 18th July: Uluru at sunset

Perhaps not the best picture I took all day, but def one of the most iconic and cliched.

Picture of Uluru at sunset? Done!

Day 131 - Fri 17th July: The Tour Group, Coober Pedy

Saw a salt flat and visited the opal mining town of Coober Pedy today, but I thought I'd share some pics of people in my tour group. It's a cracking little group, with 10 of us (plus the driver, Jules) on the bus. I'll be putting a photo montage up on here when I get access to a computer with suitable software.

Day 130 - Thurs 16th July: Mount Olsen Bagge, Flinders Ranges

Shock horror! Another picture of me on the blog. Today we did another hike, this time to the top of Mount Olsen Bagge.

Day 129 - Weds 15th July: Dutchmans Stern, Flinders Ranges

Today was the start of a 14 day Adelaide-to-Darwin outback tour and we hiked up a big hill called Dutchmans Stern (so named, because the hill looks like the stern of a dutchmans boat), where you can get some great views of the Flinders Ranges. Bit of a cloudy day though.