Soooooo... we got lucky enough to get an awesome relocation of a brand spanking new Toyota 4x4 campervan! I know dad'll need more specs so here's the cut out. I was too busy to remember to take our own pics so those people in the first pic aren't us, though they could be in 30 years or so! We picked up our van and hit the road, The Great Ocean Road that is! Its alot likedriving in New Zealand except that they have guard rails for safety here in OZ. We wouldn't want to be driving off any of those cliffs! Here's a few more G.O.R shots if you're interested. Shots of a road aren't so exciting. I just love driving!
On the road...
Again

All that driving paid off at the end of the day because we made it to the 12 Apostles just as it was getting dark! even with little light these rocks were amazing. They looked like guardians of the mainland somehow. Or chess pieces!! But we still had a long way to go so we got back in the van and hit the road!

We made it to Adleaide early the second day and took a quick visit to Mt. Barker,
home of Jurlique. Yep, Jurlique as in the expensive, yuppie face creams. I'll have to admit that now I've been to their herb farm I can see why they claim its the purest face products on Earth. The air was so clean here adn after some time in a campervan that was a welcome relief. The calendula fields were great and were just about the only thing growing here in the off season. All my pics came out lousy so you'll jsut have to take my word for it. This is a clean, awesome place!

Still, we had a long way to go! Back in the car and the kilometers started ticking off. We decided to drive through Adelaide and head right out to Uluru, formerly known as Ayer's Rock! This place has become a real tourist trap despite being a sacred site to the aboriginies. And it's created some conflict because the aboriginies don't want you to climb it. Only initiated Arrente men climb it and only on special occasions. We were torn. We did come a long way after all. Yet, it didn't feel right. We chose NOT to climb Uluru. We did walk around it's 10km base and got some great pics. Here are.....some of.....the many......powerful......and beautiful......faces of...Uluru!

The skies out here were the bluest I've ever seen. I was at times quite speechless. Here I am around the base. We got a few really great pics of this great warrior monolith. Here's one during the day and one with an amazing sunset.

We hit the road again and finally ended up at Alice Springs after a total of 3800km on the road. I was glad to get on the train to Darwin.

More later...