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Published: February 26th 2011
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Yulara, the service town for Uluru, was not at all like we had imagined. We thought that it would be a small town however it was more a collection of different standards of accommodation from camping up to 5 star and a small supermarket for them all. Thankfully there was a petrol station there which was a bit cheaper.
We got up early the next morning and managed to pack everything away in time to make to it to Uluru by 8am, just in time for the guided ranger walk. he told us a bit about the culture of the local people, the Anangu, and how they managed to survive off the land. He also explained why Uluru was so important to them. In the Anangy culture every creature has a story about their creation. These creation stories can all be seen in and around the land and a lot of the Anangu history, and their creation stories, are evidenced in the markings at Uluru.
After we had finished the guided walk, we continued with the 10k walk around the base of Uluru. It should have been quite easy as it was a flat path the whole way round.
However, we had arrived in yet another thunderstorm and so some of the paths were large puddles and difficult to get around.
Still, my leg was fine to walk on and the only problem was the ridiculous number of flies in the area that kepy flying into your face. It got very annoying by the end and should anybody ever get to Uluru, take our advice and buy the fly net to go around your head, which they sell in the giftshops.
After we had finished the walk we stayed at Uluru and had a look around the visitors and cultural centre, explaining more about the Anangu and how they worked with the local rangers to look after Uluru.
When we had finished at the centre we headed back to Yulara where we did a bit of food shopping and then had a swim in the pool. It was a very hot day but not as hot as we were expecting. I think it was about 35 celsius but when we first arrived iin Australia it was in the forties at Uluru so it could have been worse.
We then headed back in to watch the
sunset over Uluru. We had some great views as the sunset and the colour of Uluru seemed to change from the orage colour through to a blueish colour.
The next day we got up and decided to make a bit more use out of our passes before we left, so we headed over to Kata Tjutu where we walked into the Warranga Gorge. it was quite cool due to the breeze, which also seemed to keep the flies away, so it was a very enjoyable walk with some great views in the gorge. We then headed back into the campervan and headed over to Kings Canyon. When we got there we lounged around by the pool for a little bit as it was too hot to do much. More usefully, for people who might now be thinking we do little but sit by pools, we also did some laundry.
We set off for King's Canyon proper on the next day, where we did the King's Creek walk. We got there quite early, but not early enough to do the full canyon walk. The canyon walk was also described as very diffivult at the start but having seen the
steps that might have been an exaggeration. In any event the creek walk was a but harder than the walks we did at Uluru as there was more scrambling over rocks to do. After we had finished the walk we drove off to Alice Springs, the final destination in our campervan trip.
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I can imagine how much Steph enjoyed the flies- hat with corks would have been the answer! I am impressed withh all the walking you are doing in that heat are you both loosing weight??