Yulara: Field of Light Uluru

The “Field of Light Uluru” is an art installation by Bruce Munro, a British artist who is known for immersive large-scale light-based installations. Signage at the site describes his inspiration … in his words:

“After visiting Uluru in 1992, an idea sprung, that grew from the ground like the small seedlings found in the desert after the rain. All of us want to connect with the sense of being part of something larger than our single lives. This connection is no more important anywhere than Uluru, an area sculpted by landscape and culture and shared memory. … It’s composed so that the viewer’s experience is from a series of random pathways through the installation, each and any pathway representing traversal through time: my past, our present, Uluru’s timeless future.”

The installation can only be experienced on a group tour. After perusing the options at the tour center in the Town Center, we opted for the Star Pass … which included champagne/wine and canapés at the viewing platform as we awaited the sun to set and a stroll amidst the installation after nightfall.

Pick up was scheduled from the Desert Gardens Hotel at 5:50p. It was closer to 6:00p when the bus actually showed up. Nonetheless, we arrived at the viewing area atop a small dune in time for sunset as we sipped flutes of bubbly and nibbled on the accompanying canapés. The Sunset was behind us … competing for our attention as Uluru was on the horizon in front of us.

As night fell, the solar-powered lights and fiber optic cables came slowly alive in different colors. We were then escorted down the dune to the field for a stroll within the maze of lights … about ½-mile if you make all left turns; less than a ¼ mile if you make all right turns. We took the longer option.

We enjoyed the colorful experience … with the full moon rising to keep us company before it was time to return to the bus for the short drive back to the resort.Read more