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September 13, 2011

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Alice Springs (The Alice) "What's so great about "The Alice"? Well we reckon it's the 5 C's; the Climate, the Colours, the Culture, the Characters and the Closest proximity to every beach in Australia. So don't forget to check out the Tide Times around the country." -From the Alice Springs town website. You've got to love the Australian sense of humour. Flying across Australia and into Alice Springs was fantastic. I imagine it doesn't give the same sense of distance and hardship as traversing it by foot or with camels, but the view from the air was worth giving all that up for ;). All the travel brochures show a rust red landscape that I thought for sure had to have been enhanced, but there it was in all its glorioius redness floating by with unexpected ridges, sand dunes and vast salt lakes that, even knowing it's impossible, you really think have to be water. We were really excited to be entering the outback, known in the 19th centur...

Sydney We only got a brief taste of Sydney on our first night there (at the spiffiest youth hostel ever built!) because we were off early the next morning on the train to the town of Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. These are only a few hours outside of city, but originally we weren't sure if we should take the time away from Sydney to see them. It turned out we were very glad we did despite the fact that there was a man who looked like a crazy Irish gnome yelling "You can't let anymore people on the train! Can't you see it's full" at every stop. Oddly enough (or not) the train wasn't even very full. Katoomba is a slightly faded old mountain resort town that has one main street that leads from the railway station right down to the edge of a surprisingly high cliff that marks the start of the Blue Mts. It used to be quite the attraction for "society" coming from Sydney and there is a huge old hotel that is a remnant from that era. Dylan made lah-de...

Melbourne (Mel-Bun) I'll get the part out of the way where I tell you how great it was to go, and how lucky I felt to be there, right now. I'll also spare you interminable details about the long flights (yes they are long and being a bit sick on the way back didn't help - whatareya gonna do?). The important part was being there! We arrived into Melbourne downtown at about 6am when it was still pitch black (it being winter there as you all know) so there was really nothing to see upon arrival, but just knowing I was in Australia, the land down under, Oz.....just knowing that made me get that special feeling I only get when I arrive in a new place. Especially one I've thought about as much as Australia. In a way however, Melbourne really wasn't the best place to experience the full effect of being 1/2 the world away. It's a cool city, nicely laid out around the Yarra river, with lots of bikepaths and victorian buildings, but with the exception of some odd trees a...

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