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Highway 1 in Australia: Joy of the Open Road

February 24, 2019 by robric inAustralia

Highway 1 in Australia is a giant of a 14,500-kilometre / 9,000-mile road that follows the coastline from Sydney to Sydney in a continuous loop. Along the way it passes through Melbourne, Adelaide, Esperance, Perth, Port Hedland, Darwin, Cairns, and Brisbane if driving in a… Read More

Top End Outback Not the Desert You Might Expect

December 23, 2018 by robric inAustralia

The capital of Australia’s Top End (Northern Territory) takes its name from the English naturalist, geologist, and biologist Charles Robert Darwin. He suggested life on earth evolved through a successful struggle for existence. Perhaps that’s why they named the port city Darwin. Because some folk on the southern seaboard think… Read More

Campervan Rental Holiday to Ayers Rock

May 29, 2018 by robric inAustralia

Uluru or Ayers Rock is in the Northern Territory of Australia some 450 kilometres (280 miles) southwest of Alice Springs. We started our campervan rental holiday to Ayers Rock there, after flying in from Darwin. We could have also have joined the Ghan passenger rail service for the first… Read More