Hi everyone We are leaving the desert this afternoon to go to Cairns. And we are pleased about it. I have had enough of this desert. It's stupid. It's really hot - no-one told me that. Yesterday it was 44c in the shade, our clock died when it hit 60c in the tent and our shower gels started boiling. A cockroach had fallen out of a tree in front of our tent where it had baked to death. It was so hot last night we slept half out of the tent and didn't close the ins...

Hi everyone Internet was 10 dollars an hour for a minimum of 1 hour in Uluru, so we are writing this from Alice Springs! It was 39c when we arrived in Uluru and pitched our tent amongst ant nests. Uluru really is in the middle of nowhere. Apart from the Ayers Rock resort, there is nothing for about a thousand miles on every side. We chilled out the first day we were there, watching the birdlife in the eucalyptus trees and cooking fresh veggies on our barbeque. W...

Hi everyone Internet was 10 dollars an hour for a minimum of 1 hour in Uluru, so we are writing this from Alice Springs! It was 39c when we arrived in Uluru and pitched our tent amongst ant nests. Uluru really is in the middle of nowhere. Apart from the Ayers Rock resort, there is nothing for about a thousand miles on every side. We chilled out the first day we were there, watching the birdlife in the eucalyptus trees and cooking fresh veggies on our barbeque. W...