After waking up at Agnus Creek we made it back on the road toward Uluru. We hit the border soon after we left only to take a selfie posing on the sign. Once across the border we knew the rock was close by, the landscape around us was changing to a deeper red and the sand dunes were phenomenal (nothing like the white sands back home!). A quick pull over to the side of the road and we bagged ourselves some red sand! Another landmark along this track was another mass of rock which has been mistaken to be Uluru by many a tourist (even an asian tourist which seemed very excited when we pulled up to the lookout), it was Mt Conner.
After a busy day of driving and shenanigans, we decided to pull into a camp spot about an hour from Uluru by the name of Curtain Springs. Here we fended off a swarm of flies before really relaxing to a book and seeing the evening out for an early night in bed as the next morning we were to be up at the crack of dawn..
The next morning we were off! Straight down the highway to see Uluru just as the sun was rising. We went through the park gates and bam, the rock was in our sights. Totally awe inspiring to say the least, and it only got better and better as we approached closer and closer. Once at the base of the great land mass of Uluru, we achieved the 10.6km base walk which gave us an even greater sight of the great beast in all of its glory.
Once we had returned from our walk we crept over to the sunset carpark and had a lazy afternoon while waiting for the sun to set. As sun down was upon us the parking lot turned into a mass of cars and other tourists. Everyone gathered around to see what Uluru had in store for us next. As we again clumbered on the roofracks with a beer in tow, we sat and admired the view. “Out of this world” would be a good way to put it with the shots on the left of the next collage. As the sun set, colours changed, starting from a dull red, to yellow, to a dark dull red, to a vivid stunning blood orange.
We then tucked ourselves in a free bush camp 15 minutes from the park where we reflected on the massive day passed.
The next day we made our way back into the park to visit another large formation of rocks known to the Aboriginals as Kata Tjuta. We completed the 7.4km walk around this great landscape of rocks in a different form being it was very rocky and uneven terrain as it guided you through the sacred “domes” of the native tribe. As you can tell by the fly nets (best seven bucks anyone would spend!) it seemed like there was a plague. Even with this difficult path and trying conditions we managed to make it around and see the wonders KataTjuta had to offer. Some might even of said these are as or even more impressive than Uluru itself..
