Wednesday 10^th and Thursday 11^th July, 2019

Most tourists go to Cairns for and excursion to the Great Barrier Reef. But with three small and active kids we did not want to be locked into a ship for a longer time, so we went to Fitzroy Island.

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Monday 8^th and Tuesday 9^th July, 2019

We arrived at the Australian east coast after 10 days in the centre of Australia and much red colour on our skin. For the first day in Cairns we did not plan much.

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Thrusday 4^th until Sunday 7^th July, 2019

After everything was packed up again in the car, we continued towards Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park. On the way, about 100 km ahead of our destination, we got a first teaser as Mount Conner appeared, a big red sandstone monolith. Shortly before noon we could marvel at Uluru and Kata Tjuta from far.

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Monday 1^st until Wednesday 3^rd July, 2019

The alarm clock went off at 6:15 as our journey continues to the Watarrka National Park which contains the Kings Canyon.

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Saturday 29^th and Sunday 30^th June, 2019

Our first stop was a bit outside of Alice Springs in the Desert Park. That is an animal park only with regional animals. There were dingos, emus, kangaroos and many bird cages. But our highlight was the house with the nocturnal animals.

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