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Ayer’s Rock, Uluṟu, Australia 🇦🇺

Self-portrait at arm’s length, high on Queensland Psilocybin mushrooms, mid day on top of Uluru, Ayers’ Rock, near Alice Springs, Central Australian desert Aborigine sacred waterporous sandstone monolith, March 24, 1972. (photo and caption, Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate) • #allenginsberg #poetry #poet #instapoet #selfie #psylocibin #ayersrock #uluru #alicesprings #australia #beatgeneration #beatpoet #travel #spiritualawakening #cosmic #americanphotographer (at Uluru, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH59pbkBBXM/?igshid=7g1sik4paqha

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Uluru and Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory

Uluru at sunset

🇦🇺DESTINATION AUSTRALIE ▷ Uluru, également connu sous le nom d’Ayers Rock, est à l’Australie ce que la tour Eiffel est à la France ! . #Australie #Uluru #ayersrock (at Uluru, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6cEjDg5CP/?igshid=1psid64v8u8xd

[𝗠𝗮𝗰'𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 - 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗜] After leaving Japan, I headed to Australia - a country not typically associated with mountains (save Tasmania - but more on that in a later chapter). I hitchhiked down the east coast and visited with friends (I met in Nepal) before heading to Melbourne. Once in the capital city of the state of Victoria, I decided, for reasons I cannot completely explain, to buy a bicycle and ride it across the Outback.⁣ ⁣ I had always wanted to do a long-distance bicycle ride and figured that riding across the vast Australian desert (in winter, I might add) would be a good introduction to the world of bicycle touring (at least there would be no hills?).⁣ ⁣ I rode west out of Melbourne to Adelaide (where I ended up finding some hills) and then turned north to follow the Stuart Highway north to Darwin. About halfway up through the country, I took a detour to Uluru (you know, that giant red rock in the middle of Australia) before continuing north to the crocodile-infested shores of the Northern Territory and my final destination.⁣ ⁣ The journey ended up being close to 2,600 mi / 4,200 km (i.e. one Pacific Crest Trail) and taking nearly two months (one week of this time I held up in Adelaide because of a massive and unseasonal rainstorm that brought lots of flooding - no way was I voluntarily heading out in those conditions). One word to describe the journey? Boring. Also, so many flies. But worth it? Probably definitely.⁣ ⁣ I would love to do another bicycle tour in the future, but would also like to avoid being killed by a vehicle. I'm thinking Eastern Europe, maybe Japan, or maybe Kyrgyzstan?⁣ ⁣ #theoutback #outback #australianoutback #bicycletouring #bicycletour #downunder #northernterritory #stuarthighway #halfwayanywhere #macinaustralia #cyclingadventures #cyclinglife #ayersrock #ulurukatatjutanationalpark #uluru ⁣ #igerscycling #igaustralia #discoveraustralia #amazing_australia #cyclingpics #focusaustralia #