We took this photo tonight on a sunset visit to Uluru. The sky was cloudy and it had started to rain a bit but then a rainbow appeared, very unusual here, and we got a brief shot of the setting sun on the rock. Absolutely magical.
This is a brief interlude in the Australia's Northern Territory before we fly on to Cairns tomorrow. Both areas are thankfully well away from the awful bush fires currently raging through New South Wales. Our apartment near Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) is beautifully air-conditioned and we forget how hot it is outside until we open the front door. Yesterday, when we flew in, the temperature was around 100 degrees so we tend to go outside for brief explorations before scurrying back into the cool. This morning we walked up to the camel ground for a ride on some very comfortable animals (see photos).
We keep bumping into a young Spanish couple from Madrid who we first met on a tram in Adelaide when the ticket machines were playing up and the officious ticket collector tried to make out we were all doing it wrong (he eventually had to admit that it was his machine that was faulty). When we meet this couple we compare notes on places we've seen and whether Bale was worth 100 million or not to Real Madrid.
Last night we took advantage of the free wifi in the hotel lobby up the road to check up on Lex's progress in her first ever marathon, the new Yorkshire Marathon. We're around nine hours ahead here so we managed to check her chip times for the first half before giving up and going to bed. It seems very weird to think we can follow a runner's progress from a desert location thousands of miles away. But many congratulations to Lex for completing the race in a good time.
Adelaide was interesting and vibrant, with a city centre full of young workers. But there was much construction work going on around the malls and squares which rather spoilt the experience. It's surrounded by large green parks and the riverside and has a lot of interesting museums and galleries and a wonderful central market. We used the public transport system, much of which was free in the centre, and visited the beach at Glenelg and Port Adelaide, where there was a lively festival going on.
This is a brief interlude in the Australia's Northern Territory before we fly on to Cairns tomorrow. Both areas are thankfully well away from the awful bush fires currently raging through New South Wales. Our apartment near Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) is beautifully air-conditioned and we forget how hot it is outside until we open the front door. Yesterday, when we flew in, the temperature was around 100 degrees so we tend to go outside for brief explorations before scurrying back into the cool. This morning we walked up to the camel ground for a ride on some very comfortable animals (see photos).
We keep bumping into a young Spanish couple from Madrid who we first met on a tram in Adelaide when the ticket machines were playing up and the officious ticket collector tried to make out we were all doing it wrong (he eventually had to admit that it was his machine that was faulty). When we meet this couple we compare notes on places we've seen and whether Bale was worth 100 million or not to Real Madrid.
Last night we took advantage of the free wifi in the hotel lobby up the road to check up on Lex's progress in her first ever marathon, the new Yorkshire Marathon. We're around nine hours ahead here so we managed to check her chip times for the first half before giving up and going to bed. It seems very weird to think we can follow a runner's progress from a desert location thousands of miles away. But many congratulations to Lex for completing the race in a good time.
Adelaide was interesting and vibrant, with a city centre full of young workers. But there was much construction work going on around the malls and squares which rather spoilt the experience. It's surrounded by large green parks and the riverside and has a lot of interesting museums and galleries and a wonderful central market. We used the public transport system, much of which was free in the centre, and visited the beach at Glenelg and Port Adelaide, where there was a lively festival going on.
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