Uluru Rain

I try to be a non-believer, but Mum makes it very difficult sometimes.

Ever since she first came to Uluru, every time it was mentioned she would say she wanted to see it when it was raining. According to the internet, there is approximately a 3% chance of that happening; it rains on average only 300mm per year. The waterfalls rarely last more than an hour.

We arrived yesterday afternoon to find our night experiences were cancelled, so we reserved an early dinner. As we were paying to leave, it started to pour down heavily with rain.

Alex got us to jump in the car and head out to the rock. The moment we arrived, it stopped raining, so we walked into the main area to enjoy these heavy waterfalls down the side. No tourists, just us and the rock. Exactly how she would have wanted it.

Even the drive to the rock was incredible, seeing the big rain clouds in patches in the distance, the green grass and trees, the massive cloud with the big rainbow.

I don't know... Some coincidences are just too complex to explain.Read more