Introduction

Introduction

G’day! If you’re here to read a blog about my amazing trip to Australia, I can promise you that you’re in for a surprise! I’m off for my trip in Australia in just a few hours, and I can’t wait! I can almost smell the Australian atmosphere! We’ve got it all sorted out! We’re going to land in Canberra, which is Australia’s capital. There’s actually a funny story of how Canberra came to be Australia’s capital! Both Melbourne and Sydney wanted to be the capital, but they made a city called Canberra right in the middle of the two cities since they couldn’t sort it out.

Anyhow, if it all goes like planned we’ll land in Canberra at around 1 PM, and have a car waiting for us. It’s amazing how much you can do now days, just by the click of a mouse!

The flight will take around 22 hours, and we’ll spend the day in Canberra with some sightseeing, before taking in at a local hotel. After a great night of sleep we’ll be off for Snowy Mountains, just west of Canberra. We’ll leave in the morning, so we have the whole day in Snowy Mountains just for skiing. Then we’ll rent one of the typical wooden cabins that can be found there, I’ve heard they’re really cosy!

After spending a night in the cabin, we’ll leave early in the morning for an astonishing car drive to Alice Springs, and the outback. My mom and dad will take turns with driving, so they don’t fall asleep at the wheel. We were planning to take in at a hotel on the way, but then we weren’t sure whether we were going to come across one on the way or not.

We’ll arrive at Alice Springs in the morning, although we might just take a nap at a hotel considering we’ll probably be tired from the long car ride. We’ll head for Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru, in the middle of the outback after some rest. We’re hoping to see some of the rare animals in the outback on our way to Uluru. There are so many animals in Australia that can’t be found anywhere else in the world, such as the kangaroo and koala bear!

After a day in the outback we’ll head back to the hotel and stay for the night. The last part of our journey will be in Darwin, where we’ll meet a couple of aboriginals that we’ve been in touch with. We’ll get to know their traditions, and since it’s Christmas we’ll even get to know whether they celebrate their Christmas or not. I’ve been dying to know! We’ll stay with the aboriginals for a couple of days, while preparing for the long and adventurous car ride back to Canberra. 

Since we’ll drive past Alice Springs on our way back, we’ll probably sleep over in the hotel for the night yet again. And if there’s not too much traffic, we’ll make it to Canberra just in time for the New Year celebration! I’m excited to get to know a bit more about their traditions, and how they celebrate their Christmas and New Year, and how it differentiates from the way we celebrate it!