Friday, May 6, 2011

Ayers Rock to Cairns (Pt. Douglas) April 27, 2011




Our plane did not leave until 2:30 so we visited the Information center at the resort. They had a very nice presentation of the history, geology and animal life of the area. We bought lunch at the grocery store and ate outside, with not too many flies around.

Let me speak to the flies. Never could I imagine the fly situation, especially out by the rock. A head net was a necessity. The locals kept saying how much worse it was in the summer. I cannot imagine it. I thought the head net would be good for smaller insects, but we were never bothered by them.

We were glad to board the plane to Cains and ditch the flies. It was a nice flight over a good part of Australia, with the terrain changing from red to green as we approached the coast and the rain forest. The drive to Pt. Douglas was hair raising, as the road narrowed and hugged the mountains along the coast, with many roundabouts and it became dark. We found our resort, and found we had a small two story apartment, with full kitchen, laundry and living room. The restaurant on site is good and very reasonable.

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