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we were going to go to ayers rock but we heard bad things from some of our friends who went there (independently) of each other, who said it / the businesses in the area were too poor quality for the money they were charging.
Something about it all being owned by one company or something?
anyway for us it would be an extra set of flights and we really want to have a relaxing and fun honeymoon without thinking were getting ripped off or anything :)
and i know ill be happy just being in such a great place with friendly people (and unfriendly animals) looking out for the dropbears amongst other things...

dude its a honeymoon! my mrs would have left me years ago if i suggested we go camping anywhere - not least australia where your spiders are bigger than our cows!

Actually, it's the smaller spiders you need to be aware of, i.e. the redbacks. The larger ones are actually quite friendly and non-venomous. Hooray. Also watch out for the snakes as we have 9 of the 10 most venomous land snakes in the world (not the Black Mamba though, thank god, that thing is in a league of its own when it comes to snake insanity - if you catch it then release it somewhere else, it will turn around and look for you, then chase you. Mortality rate for an untreated bite is 100%. You can keep that one, Africa).

As for staying somewhere near Uluru - I have heard it's better to do a day trip and stay a bit further away. The tours I have also heard are very dodgy, so it's better to do it yourself. I'd give yourself a day to visit Uluru (try to see it at sunset, apparently it's amazing - haven't been, so I can't say for sure though), and a day to visit the Olgas nearby.

Well I did it with a school group (I was the teacher) so we had no dodgy guides and did stay in tents. Actually there is a five star camping option there that sounded very cool, you should google it. I never do tours. I have been to probably 30-50 different countries all around the world and have never been on a tour* and Australia is so easy to travel around there is no need as long as you have the money.

I can't remember how long you will be here but lets assume two weeks you will relax for a five days in Cairns/Port Douglas, have a few days of culture and thrlls in Sydney and still have time to hit the center.

However if you can't don't worry. I had over two weeks at Cairns and only just began to scrape the surface of things to do. It is the best place in Australia for a honeymoon considering cost, variety, beauty and seclusion.

PS: The best way to stay safe from Drop Bears (their technical name is Phascolarctos Raptus) is to smear some Vegemite behind your ears, they can't stand it.

PPS: Lots of people are attacked by Magpies each year resulting in many cases of blindness, one trick that really works is wearing your sunglesses on the back of your head.

LMFAO

You cruel bastards! We want people visiting this great land, not canceling their trips and going elsewhere because of bad info! lol

Ignore this lot, Fluff. If you do want to avoid the Drop Bears, ignore Yoda's advice (vegemite behind the ears---really Yoda, that's poor knowledge), everyone knows Drop Bears are carnivorous. Listen Fluff, the only way to avoid Drop Bears completely is to avoid the states they inhabit as one of our many indigenous animals. Travel to Perth, WA instead and you will find no such Drop Bears. Just make sure, Fluff that you purchase a can of Killer Insect Spray (You can buy it through You tube for about $10 Aussie dollars). Unfortunately we do have some nasty, nasty insects and you may not retunr homw unless you do spray your body completely with this spray. Most of us here just use honey but the KIS spray works well too.

I hope your trip Down Under doesn't keep you down under!