Kata Tjuta (Mount Olga)

Today we had a slower morning, first heading in to the Ayers Rock resort to join the Australian animal dot painting workshop, which the kids and I loved.

Then we tackled 2 shorter walks in the afternoon at Kata Tjuta, Mount Olga. By the time we had driven out there and eaten lunch it was 1.30 and the heat had really intensified, and we were grateful we'd begun the Uluru walk yesterday as early as we did. We walked into Walpa Gorge, a somewhat shaded and cooler 30min return walk between two towering cliffs, then a quick drive to check out the Valley of the Winds Kana lookout, a relatively short out and back trek, as no one was feeling up for the Grade 4 loop trail.

A stopover on the drive back to camp at the Kata Tjuta Sunset viewing platform gave us a spectacular view from a more distant perspective. The hoardes of pensioners that had been bussed in to take a look at the Olgas were smitten with Eva and Millie and one old lady held up her whole bus group trying to get a conversation out of Eva, who was of course in mute mode and not giving anything in return. Back to camp and another sunset viewing with a cool drink in hand.Weiterlesen