Day 15

Our pre retirement trial trip- day 15
Yulara NT

The aim today was to drive into the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park to experience Uluru in its full glory. Job done ✔️

It is a place of significance for the Aṉangu people, with their ancestral stories and rock art ‘it’s a big rock with old art’.
Standing 348m high, the sandstone rock’s spectacular colours change throughout the day but are most dazzling at sunrise and sunset 🌅.

If Justine had a specific goal from the trip it is being here (oh and finding that perfect opal , but that’s for later😜), experiencing the culture and spirituality at the heart of the red centre ♥️.

We headed out to be at Talinguru Nyakunytjaku for sunrise, but saw non of the spectacular colours this morning 😔

We did the Minymaku (women’s) and Watiku (men’s) walks at Talinguru Nyakunytjaku before heading to the other side of the rock to join the ranger guided Mala walk to Kantju Gorge. Jason was our guide today and explained the Tjukurpa (creation stories) of the many rock formations and the meaning of the rock art.

We then completed the Uluru base walk, including the Kuniya Walk to the Muṯitjulu Waterhole and the Lungkaṯa Walk which provides an opportunity to get close to touch the rock and feel its textures.

In total approx 15km covered this morning

Heading back out we stopped at the Cultural Centre to learn more about the Anangu culture.
And feeling a little peckish we shared a pie- the filling……. Emu, Lemon Myrtle emu curry to be exact and it was yummy. Was not expecting that 😜

ANOTHER storm with rain and high winds (we’d also had one overnight) 💨 ⛈️💨, but have now learnt summer here has a higher rainfall than winter 🌧️. We did see water starting to run down the sides of Uluru which would be spectacular in full flow, so I guess they would be happy with more rain
We were lucky it didn’t rain whilst we were walking this morning but we have had this evenings tour to the Field of Lights cancelled due to inclement weather 😢. And don’t think we will be seeing a fabulous sunset tonight 😔
Oh well what can you do 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼

With some extra time on our hands we cleaned our windows, now we can see through them and the red hue is actually coming from the sunset not the red dust 😜

And given it’s Friday, we thought we’d end the day with a little live music at the Outback Hotel at the resort.

Here’s hoping we have a few dry days ahead as we have things planned and running out of days 😜Читать далее