Heading Bush Day 6 - Uluru

Brill! We got to do almost all the Uluru base walk. It wasn't quite what I was expecting. The rock surface is rougher and the whole rock craggier than the impression I'd got from the usual shots. It's completely obvious why it was, and is, an important meeting place, set in the landscape as it is. In some areas photos are forbidden because they are sacred women's or men's places.

Had the comfort of a formal campsite ... showers, the chance to do some washing, but also the strangeness of having other humans around.

Went to the Cultural Centre in the afternoon.

As thd day drew to an end we headed out to the Uluru sunset viewpoint, along with coach loads, hundreds, of other tourists. It seems the thing to do is have fizz and nibbles; we hadn't realised Corbin was planning the same for us. Magic, mate!Read more