Day 1 – Settling in Alice Springs

Welcome to Alice Springs! We touched down at Alice Springs Airport at around 9 am local time. Thanks to the screaming babies on both flights here, we were basically running on a healthy mix of annoyance and the lack of sleep. Immigration and clearance was thankfully efficient and quick. Off the plane and collecting our baggage […]

Getting to the Northern Territory

We knew we wanted to explore the Australian outback, but we still had to think about 1) where we were going to start our trip and 2) how we were going to get there. We considered starting at two different spots: the small town of Alice Springs or the town of Yulara which was the nearest to Uluru (Ayers Rock) […]

Why the Red Centre Way?

Australia is a big, big place, and when you hear of people going there, it’s usually to places like Melbourne or Sydney (both of which we haven’t actually visited). So why did we choose to visit the Northern Territory of all places? Earlier on in 2016, we began considering doing a road trip in Australia. […]