The Kirks

Archive for May, 2005

30 May

Kings Canyon

We decided to take the more difficult route to Kings Canyon and set off. 2 km outside Alice, the tarmac road stops and it’s just one long unpaved road with potholes and corrugations through a harsh outback landscape.

For the record, the car we hired was a Toyota Rav 4 and it is without doubt, […]

27 May

Alice Springs

Flew from Darwin to Alice Springs on a very nice Qantas flight across the “Red Center” of Australia. The view out of the window of the plane was quite extraordinary. It’s 1459km from Darwin to Alice and apart from the Stuart Highway and the Ghan Railway line, there’s absolutely nothing but red desert […]

27 May

Kakadu National Park

We flew from Singapore to Darwin on a horrible overnight flight. When we got to Darwin at 4 o;clock in the morning we went to sleep and then explored Darwin during the day. There’s not much to do in Darwin but we did go to a marine centre which was billed as the […]

21 May

2 of the 4 Caves

From Kuching we had to take several flights in smaller and smaller planes to get to Gunung Mulu National Park. It was SO HOT, but did we get time to relax? Never! We had a very brief swim (and I mean brief) and then we were off. The start wasn’t so good, instead of going […]

20 May

Photo Album

Borneo photo album

19 May

Bako National Park

About 1 hour’s drive from Kuching, there is a park called Bako National Park. It is one of the best national parks in Borneo and has a huge variety of animals and plants. We had to drive to the edge of the Sarawak river and then take a boat to get to the park entrance. […]

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