249 days worth blogging about: 03 July 2011

9.7.11

Day 225

The view of Alice Springs. Later that day we went to the annual Camel Cup that was a local event before flying to our next location: Cairns.

8.7.11

On my birthday I woke up under the stars after sleeping outside in a swag (Australian bedroll). At sunrise we went on a hike in Kings Canyon through the so-called Amphitheater, the Lost City, the ancient Garden of Eden and the North and South Walls, wow!!

My brother met his twin Niall on the trip!

7.7.11

Day 223

The glorious sunrise over Uluru was a great reward for getting up early on a very cold morning! We walked around the rock and also had an Aboriginal guide with an interpretive with us. She told us the story about the Mala people and their sacred places of the rock. Out of respect for the Aboriginal people we decided not to climb the rock, unlike many other tourists! At night we went to Watarrka National Park, Kings Canyon to make fire and camp for the night.

6.7.11

Day 222

It is my mothers birthday today so we made her a nice breakfast before catching the aeroplane to Uluru, the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock in the center of Australia. Here we are going on a 3 day safari in a group of 15 people and we started off with a hike at the geological formation Kata Tjuta/ the Olgas.

5.7.11

Day 221

This morning I showed my family around University of Technology and we also had a private tour in the Photomedia workshop where I had my Photography classes.

Bondi Beach is a must see!

We walked from Bondi to Coogee beach.

Sydney Tower at sunset.

4.7.11

Day 220

We walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge.

We visited the Botanical gardens and met mostly parrots and bats!

Morten in front of Art Gallery of New South Wales.

We also visited Museum of Sydney where we saw pictures from '52 suburbs'.

As a Birthday surprise for my mother we bought tickets for Michael Feinstein in the Concert Hall!

3.7.11

Day 219

There is no time to have jet lag! Today I took my family on a day trip to Blue Mountains about two hours by train from Sydney. We had a wonderful day with hiking, beautiful views and nice food in the town Katoomba.