Sunday, 4 October 2015

Uluru

Kings Creek Station
Mount Connor
Uluru
Enjoying Sunrise
Uluru
One of the caves 
Are farewell big rock!
An early start away from Kings Canyon and Uluru here we come! Is that it in the distance - wow we must be still 150km away. Oops no that's Mount Conner which is pretty impressive in its own right.
A quick stop at Curtain Springs for some over priced Diesel ($1.91 although cheap compared to Kings Canyon at $2.19)
Carton of XXXX was $91.80 so we figured we still had plenty of that.
And at last there is the monolith in the distance.
We checked in at Yulara Resorts & Campground (campground for us) and then checked out the whole place. Pretty amazing and you need the free shuttle bus to get around - not that it was that great a distance but the flies drive you crazy.
We headed out to Uluru in the afternoon and had a drive round and checked out the cultural centre which is really well done. The bar was calling by then so back to Yulara for a few quiet beers before sunset at one of the lookouts.
Up at 5am we headed out to the rock for sunrise - it's a must do. Just beautiful to watch although we had a full moon and I reckon it would be better with little or no moon.
We walked around the rock and marveled at its .... Hard to explain the beauty of something as simple as a rock. But note by 8am flies where impossible again. We didn't do the climb and I have to say that this should be banned. You can see the damage that is being caused and due to cultural importance they should have the right to stop it.
Now on the road to Narromine and some gorgeous grandchildren to see.

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