Outback towards Uluru

My Uluru travekmates connected via Facebook group started from Sydney on 3/31 late morning, picked me up at Canberra around 3 pm, then we did some grocery shopping in downtown Canberra for our 9-day Australian outback trip to the red rock center. The Mazda CX-7 4-wheel drive fits three people comfortably, and they are experienced free-campers in Australia. We stayed in 2 free camp ground so far, had free showers in a small town center. The most useful mobile app is CamperMate. 

During the first 2 days over 1000 Kim's drive, we saw many wild kangaroos which are to be avoided on the roads after dark, one koala on a tree, and a dozen of emus in the field next to the highway. 

Most of the Northern Territory is the Australian 'Outback', so we plan fuel stops and always carry extra fuel and water as on some highways fuel and towns can be up to 800km apart. We prepared fruit but we're forced to have a fruit buffet before entering the Northern Territory due to fruit quarantine, and ended up wasted severe apples and bananas. 

The outback highways were long and become boring after a while, yet we have a long way to go before reaching Uluru. Nevertheless, it has been a unique experience, especially driving under full moon on the desert and had frozen kangaroos stared at your car.







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