Planning Stage - Fly about ending at Uluru

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Saturday, 6th May 2023

Our initial thoughts were to fly to Perth, buy a car and then drive to Nat & Rob's in Queensland.  However after doing extensive research we realised that we didn't really want to drive through central Australia.  It would take a long time, be very boring and potentially dangerous.  Not to mention the logistics of buying a vehicle in one state and registering it in another.  So we decided to fly to see Perth, Darwin, Alice Springs and the all essential Uluru.  David has always wanted to visit Uluru so for this trip it was a must.  The best time to visit Uluru is July-September.   Nat & Rob's daughter Georgia is visiting us in England in August/Sept so the earliest we could go was September.

We therefore decided to fly straight to Brisbane so that we could drop off our large cases and give ourselves the working week to recover from the flight and buy a car (see following posts for these plans).  

Sat, 16th Sept we fly to Perth.  We were visiting friends we have known for over 40 years but unfortunately their plans changed and they will now be in the UK when we visit.  We have booked a hotel right in the middle of town.  Our plans are to spend a day in Freemantle and visit Rotnest Island.

Tue 19th Sept we fly to Darwin.   Again we are staying in the centre.  Here we have organised two trips run by AAT Kings.  One going to Litchfield National Park and the other going to Kakadu National Park.

Fri 22nd Sept we fly to Alice Springs.  Karen has wanted to see Alice Springs ever since she read "A Town Called Alice" as a teenager.  We are only there overnight as we decided to get a coach from Alice Springs down to Uluru.  Nat & Rob are arriving in Uluru on the Fri and we will meet up with them on Saturday.


Today we chatted with Nat and booked the trips for Uluru.  

We went for the Sounds of Silence Dinner

Capturing the Cosmos

Sunrise Desert Awakenings.

We did also decide on some of the free activities but these were the ones David and I wanted to do most.  Nat and Rob will be doing the Field of Lights Dinner as well on the Friday evening.  This has worked out really well as it is their wedding anniversary the week before.  What a lovely way to celebrate.


We fly back to Brisbane together on Tue, 26th September.


Location: Bedford, UK

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