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In June 2000 we set off on our ‘First Big Trip’ travel in Australia holiday, we had been planning for about 12 months, full of excitement and anticipation the day had finally come that we left home on our first Aussie Adventure.
Our itinerary started from country Victoria travelling to Central Australia, Darwin, Kakadu and travelling south via Outback QLD and NSW all in 6 weeks and approx 10,000 kms.
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This is Part One of a Six week Adventure, travelling from Country Victoria to Kings Canyon.
Day One – We left extremely early on Day One very excited and hopefully prepared as best we could be, we were travelling with another family who had not been on a trip like this either. We had all been camping in tents many times and travelled interstate a only a few times so it really was a great adventure!
Our first day was to be the biggest drive going from Country Victoria to Port Augusta about 10 hours driving. What a day, we gladly stayed in a cabin that night at the Big 4 Tourist Park.
Day 2 & 3 - From here everything gets more interesting and exciting, we drove to Coober Pedy we were all excited. Everything written about Coober Pedy is right it is a very unique town, which has to be seen to be believed. We arrived in Coober Pedy mid afternoon. Click Here for our Coober Pedy Experience we stayed in Coober Pedy for 2 nights.
Day 4 & 5 – We left Coober Pedy early in the morning and our next stop was Ayers Rock Resort Campground. We arrived mid afternoon and setup camp. Our kids started playing cricket with the camping kids next to us and then all the parents met and we all clicked. They had climbed Ayers Rock that day even a 6yo.
The next day we climbed Ayers Rock , driving out to Ayers Rock is spectacular, for 20 minutes you can see it getting bigger and bigger, one of kids said they could see ants climbing up the side, people of course!
We climbed it which took about an hour to climb and was hard work, but an amazing view from the top, the kids had been told by people climbing down 
there is a coke machine on top – No Coke Machine to be seen!! We climbed down that took about 30 minutes and then we started to walk around the base for the short walk that was supposed to take 30 minutes, somehow we kept walking past where the short walk was to stop and we had gone close to half way, so we kept on going for about 2 hours total, finally we got around it, every side was a different view, about 9 km with a few blisters.
It was incredible to experience Ayers Rock we have all seen photos of it – it is far bigger and more amazing than you can imagine.
We went back to camp and out campers next to us told us they were travelling the same way as us Kings Canyon, Palm Valley and Alice Springs so we travelled with them for the next 10 days, which was great they had been to this area quite a few years ago which was a help to us.
Day 6 & 7 - Next morning we continued out trip and drove around the Mereenie Loop to Kings Canyon Campground, set up camp. early next morning we all left to go to Kings Canyon together.
Which was another very long walk for several hours but with some more amazing views. Kings Canyon is in the Watarrka National Park and is necessary to buy a permit to visit the area. Walking around the rim like we did takes 3-4 hours, the walls of the canyon are 270 high. Walking through the gorge in the base of the canyon will take about 1 hour. Either way Kings Canyon is spectacular.
The Adventure continues – Travel In Australia Holiday – Our First Big Trip Itinerary And Adventure Part 2 Palm Valley to Tennant Creek
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