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Fall Break 2024- Sydney, Uluru, Kings Canyon, and Alice Springs

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Fall here is in April, and it was once again time for another school break for the girls. We wish the girls' school in Maryland had the same set up. They do 10 weeks of school each term/quarter here, and then get a two or three week break. Anyway..... This year for fall break we decided we would finally make it to the outback, specifically Uluru (formerly named Ayers Rock). We would have done this sooner, but the airline tickets to get to the center of Australia are stupid expensive. It was hard to spend the money when it would be cheaper for us to go back to Fiji, but we all felt we needed to see this part of Australia in order to say we've seen Austrlia. After this trip there is only one part of Australia we won't have seen, which is South Australia. Shannon regrets she and the girls won't see it. Shannon also regrets we won't make it to Darwin or Cairns, but there is only so much time and only so much money.  Sydney Our airline tickets to the outback were from Sy