After our excellent trek ended in Alice Springs, we didn’t have much time to make it to the 1,5000 kilometers up the Stuart Highway to Darwin. So, nursing our hangovers we said goodbye to a real bed and a private bathroom and fired up the Ambassador Van for the first time in almost a week and hit the road. more»

One of the sponsors of the World Nomads Ambassador Van is Intrepid Travel, and we were lucky enough to score a free five day adventure from them around the iconic Uluru (Ayer’s Rock) and other natural gems of central Australia. more»

Luck had it that our arrival in Alice Springs for our (free!) one week trek around Uluru from Intrepid Travel coincided with the annual Camel Cup. Once we noticed this good fortune, it was an easy decision to make; we would become camel racing fans for the day. Or maybe a lifetime, depending on how the event struck us. more»

We drove two straight days and 1200 kms from Mt. Isa to get to Alice Springs. It was a surreal drive with no sign of life for stretches of hundreds of kilometers. Petrol was far from cheap, and one of the in-the-middle-of-nowhere petrol station/hotel/pub/restaurants had a sign explaining their expensive fuel: more»

We’re trying to mix it up a little with our latest episode. Watch as we taste some native fauna while taking a break for the day during our drive across the Outback. I don’t think we’ll be getting our own cooking show anytime soon, but you never know. Many thanks to our friend Matteo for providing the music. Enjoy.

After cutting inland almost 1000 kilometers, we reached our last stop in Queensland, Mount Isa, the quintessential outback mining town. It’s a fitting place to end our tour of this incredibly diverse state, after having already visited rainforest, beaches, cosmopolitan cities and lush hinterland. more»

After three weeks heading from Sydney all the way up to the Daintree, we’re ready to see what’s going on “out the back.” It should be a marked contrast from the well-heeled towns along the east coast, even as far north as Cairns, and the lush vegetation and tropical beaches. more»

To reach the Reef, you have to take a boat tour off the coast of Queensland. We chose one from Cairns, the tropical tourist town to the north, to Green Island. The entire island is a national park with rainforest and surrounded by the reef. It was a cheaper option, so a bit crowded, but still amazing all the same just because of what it is. It hardly needs an introduction, but it’s the other UNESCO World Heritage site up here besides the rainforest. The reef stretches continuously for miles and miles down the coast and sustains thousands of coral and marine species, which is pretty important and of course world-famous. more»

When we were sitting around in Port Macquarie several weeks ago, trying desperately to put together something vaguely resembling a plan, we thought we struck gold. Daintree National Park, a double dose of World Heritage natural sites (Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef) enticed us from very near to the top of Australia. Far North Queensland sounded exotic, remote, and full of wild things. In short, it was everything we were looking for. Without much thought given to expense, distance, etc., we set out, enjoying ourselves along the way but always heading towards the main goal, “the Daintree.” more»

After packing up and rolling out of Carnarvon National Park bright and early, we had our sights set on making it to Townsville. If you’ve got your maps out, that’s a hefty 750 kilometers to cover in one day. Traveling at 110 kph, the maximum speed limit on most stretches of highway, that’s 7 hours of driving. more»