After hanging at the beach we went to Uluru, the biggest rock in the world. It is in the middle of the desert known as the Australian Outback. As you can guess, it was hot! It was way hotter than my hometown of St. George, and it was only Spring. It felt like 1,000,000,000,000,000,000°F! Turns out it was only 102°F. Since it was so hot, they advised people to finish their hiking before 11 a.m. or you could die of heat exhaustion. Anyway, two-thirds of Uluru is underground! The part which is above the ground is as tall as the Eifel Tower! My family and I got to bike around it. Our hotel room there was three stories tall!
Next, we went to Kings Canyon. Basically, all we did was go on a mini hike and saw many wild camels and a wild dingo! The dingo looked like a doggy.
After seeing the doggy, we to Alice Springs. While there, we bought some Aboriginal paintings. Also, there was a wicked storm that within the first five minutes caused the streets to flood. My dad and I were totally soaked just running across a street to join mom and Alex. The storm also knocked down tree branches of giant and sturdy trees.
Then we went to Darwin. From there we rented a 4-wheel drive and drove to Kakadu National Park. We went on a boat cruise on a billabong and the Alligator River. We saw many birds, including some baby birds whose nickname was “Jesus-walkers” because it looks like they are walking on water. Actually, they have big feet and are walking on lily pads. Then we went to Litchfield National Park. In Litchfield, we went swimming in pools and waterfalls. I almost drowned because the current was wearing me out.
Now we are getting ready to travel to Wakatobi where we will have our own personal pool and a 24/7 butler. Wakatobi is in Indonesia. We were supposed to go through Bali to get there faster, but a lot of volcanic ash is in the air and the airport is closed. We are trying to get there any way we can. Today we will fly to Singapore and then Jakarta. From there it will still take at least two more flights and a boat ride to get there.
