Port Stephens- Sand dunes and Dolphins:)

This is a wonderful weekend trip from Sydney. We stayed overnight in a 1 bedroom villa witha a wonderful view.

Some highlights of our trip incuded:

• 4WD adventure trip

We took the 3 hour trip with Port Stephens 4WD tours. Our guide was fantastic and since we were the only ones in the vehicle that day, we got a personal tour:)

Sights we saw included, Sygna shipwrek, WWII bunkers, Tin city and a adrenelin rushing drive down a sand dune! We also tried sand-boarding a couple of times but the climb back up was exhausting:( If only there were lifts, we would be here all day long! While we did this, Arya slept peacefully in her car seat, for most of the time!

• Dolphin watching cruise

A picture (and in this case, two of them) is worth a thousand words!!!

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Austalia

For all pictures of this trip vist- http://picasaweb.google.com/harshal.vaibhavi/UluruKataTjutaNPNorthernTerritoryAustralia#




Day 1-6 June, 2008

-We got a spectacular view of Uluru from air. Landed at 1:30pm and checked into Voyages- a serviced apartment - Emu run apartments. Decent place!

-We then drove to Kata-Tjuta (also known as Olgas) for viewing the sunset there.

-We did the Walpa Gorge walk taking turns as Arya was asleep in her carseat.

- Then enjoyed the spectacular sunset at the sunset viewing area and back home for dinner.

-Arya loved to crawl around in the living room. We then took a walk in the resort area. With babies, we found that sticking to some sort of a schedule, even when traveling, did them good:) At least, we can say so for Arya. She used to love playing with us in the evening before her dinner and bath. Having a one bedroom apartment gave us that luxury!

Day 2- 7 June, 2008



- We started this day early by visiting Kata-Tjuta and stopping at various lookouts along the way. We kindof got to see the sunrise at Kata-Tjuta as well.

- We then decided to do 'Valley of winds walk' (7kms and 3-5 hours). Arya was excellent all along in her baby bjorn. She loved to trek as much as we did!

- Then, tired from the long walk, we drove back to Uluru vistors center and picked up a walking tracks guide and decided to do a couple of small walks at Uluru. I think we did the Mala walk or the Kuniya walk to the water hole and got some insight into Aboriginal stories and artwork.


- We drove around Uluru before watching the sunset. It was a serene experience.


Day 3- 8 Jun 2009




- We started this day with sunrise viewing at Uluru. Again, drove around the monolith and watched the climbers climb the rock.

- We then visited camel farm and saw folks leave for their camel ride. Arya saw camels for the first time in her life.

- We had only enough time to do lunch at one of the restaurants in the resort, before heading back to the airport for our return flight to Sydney.