Uluru

Hey we found an abandon butane with a little left in the kitchen area, HURRAY! This will suffice until we get to Alice Springs

Today’s plan was originally supposed to be a couple short walks at Uluru but we made good time and also fit in Kata Tjuta. The morning started with an early drive to Uluru for a sunrise. It was less awe inspiring than the sunset. It think the coolest part is when the sun hasn’t come up yet and you start to get an orange glow on the horizon about a half hour before the sun appears. After we did an easy 10km walk around the base. It’s perfectly flat so it really is easy. We would have loved to climb Uluru but it’s actually against aboriginal law, it’s not technically illegal but is seriously frowned upon. They still haven’t removed the handrails that go up the mountain but we didn’t see anyone climbing it. Surprisingly, a lot of people have died on this this mountain. Largely just not paying attention and walking where they shouldn’t as it is not technically challenging mountain. The other strange thing is you can’t take pictures as you walk around the mountain. The mountain acts like a canvas and tells aboriginal stories through the caves and divots and rocks. I couldn’t see them, it just looked like rock to me.

After the 10km loop we picked up and drove 50km to the Valley of the Wind, Kata Tjuta, for another 7km hike and finished off with a short gorge walk. This walk was a bit more scenic but didn’t have the same spiritual aspect to it. With all the walks completed we caught the sunset at Kata Tjuta and headed back to camp.Leggi altro