Uluru

We had breakfast at 06.00 in order to start the Kings Canyon rim-walk by 08.00 before it got too hot. I stupidly had some grapefruit, forgetting that I shouldn't taken this whilst taking a statin. There was uncertainty of the effect upon my body after Pat did a web-search so I went back to the cabins and did a walk around the Discovery Park with Anne-Marie, a nurse, who said that a few segments of grapefruit shouldn't cause a problem.
At 11.00, we drove to the Kings Creek Station for our pre-ordered camel burgers.
Back on the very straight road, we passed Mt. Conner, known as Fuluru because some people are fooled into thinking that it is Uluru. It's on private land. A saline lake was on the other side of the viewpoint on the road. We also saw a herd of camels.
We arrived at the Desert Gardens Hotel and, after checking in, drove to the lovely rock formations of 546 ft high Kata Tjuta for a walk in the Walpa Gorge.
Then we drove to the sunset viewing area at Uluru where Pat provided some snacks. There were lots of groups eating and drinking. Some of us thought the sunset at Kata Tjuta may have been better due to the contrasts in the rock.
Back at the hotel, I joined Spotify in case it might be the way to listen to some music in the car later in the trip. However, I was unable to take advantage of the free one-month trial; something to do with the credit cards. I downloaded some tapes from Apple iTunes on to my iPad instead.Les mer