Bah! Sorry it's been a while.....

We have finally made it to the Sunshine Coast, my home away from home, and we have had an amazing time.  Lori and I have officially mastered the art of becoming beach bums.  Lol....  Here's what's been going on with us....

Ayers Rock!!  aka... Uluru!!!

So from one of my last posts that took days to actually post from my phone, we had a flight cancelation from Alice Springs to Ayers Rock.  We had left Melbourne (thanks to some amazing friends for dropping us off very early in the morning) about 9 am for Alice Springs.  Went went from the state of Victoria to the Northern Territory in a couple of hours.  From Alice Springs we were supposed to fly 30 minutes southwest to Ayers Rock/Uluru; the filght that was supposed to take us there didn't come in, so instead we took a 5 hour bus ride through the middle of the outback.  :)  It actually wasn't that bad.  Our driver was really nice and told us a lot about the local plants and animals along the way and I took a nap, so it didn't really feel like 5 hours.  Here we are on the road.

Don't mind my awkward face.

It wasn't long until Uluru came into focus.  We took several sunrise and sunset tours.  The town around Uluru is a resort.  There were 4 different places to stay, a campground and 3 hotels; we stayed in the Outback Pioneer Lodge.  It was really nice.  We went out for hikes at sunrise and then sat by the pool during the afternoon hours, then back out to Uluru at sunset.  The weirdest/funniest thing was the flies were so terrible, we had to buy fly nets to keep them away from our faces.  Here I am on my birthday at the Uluru sunrise.

But the place was amazingly beautiful; it was a once in a lifetime trip and we loved every minute of it.