No flys on Steph

I’ve just returned from a weekend in the Red Centre – what an EXPERIENCE!

Travelling to Central Australia has been on my to-do list for a while, so decided to take advantaged of my accrued leave and go for it. And so glad I did – for those of you who haven’t been, it really is an amazing place.

I saw Kings Canyon, Ulura, The Olgas, and vast open space that stretched as far as the eye can see. You tend to feel small next to the towering rocks I must say. One of the best experiences was sleeping in my swag under the stars with not an artificial light in sight – I almost thought about putting on my eye patch when the light from the moon was keeping me awake, but decided that was a bit ridiculous and I should just enjoy the experience!

But don’t think it’s all fun and games. The flies will drive you nuts. I bought a very fashionable fly net just in case, and don’t think I took it off for three days! The heat is stifling, couldn’t imagine being there in the height of summer, and therefore you have to drink lots of water, but not great when there are no flushing toilets around!

But despite the ‘roughing it’, it was a lot of fun. Met some great people, saw amazing views, and sipped beer (wish I could say champagne but we weren’t that fancy) watching the sunset over Uluru.

Here are some of my pictures. Tried to keep to limit as many do look like the same 'red rock', and definitely don't do it justice!

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