Blogs from Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 7

Dalhousie sunrise to NT border ~10 km past Mount Dare heading towards Finke and then onto Ayres Rock campground.(2238 km to 2872 km) Long day driving. Please ignore advertising just noticed price of using travelblog.... read more

We want to start by saying....please excuse our spelling errors as we are experiencing technical difficulties where we are and as such we are posting these blogs whether they are grammatically correct or not. We have lost four attempts this week at posting this blog and can't be bothered doing it again..... That said, sit tight and we will fill you in on our latest news. We left Coober Pedy on Sunday at approx 9.30am and the scenery was of miles of mounds of rubble showing where prospectors had tried to find their fortunes, although we are not quite sure how many actually succeeded. Then we came across a burnt out bus on the highway, which was quite a thrill as the scenery had not changed for quite some time. Whether that was from an upset ... read more

Well here we are at Ayers Rock and there has been a distinct change in the weather and our outlook. Before we get onto Uluru we'll fill you in on Coober Pedy. Last time we left off things weren't looking real flash. The caravan park was a bit dumpy and the weather was average. So average in fact that Coober Pedy averages two days rainfall in July, two of the days we were there. However we're happy to say that the rain stopped on the second morning which allowed us to get out and about. And we must say the town was much better the second time. We started the day off by visiting some underground places which were absolutely amazing. The highlight was Faye's underground house which was 'built' by a 29 yo woman in ... read more

We woke to light showers and got packed up and on the road early. After a stop at Eridunda (more mice!) we joined the convoy of cars/4wds with caravans/trailers all heading to Ularu. It rained most of the way out and we were getting disappointed that we wouldn't see the famous sunset today. The Ayres Rock Camp Ground is packed and the only places left for us are the unpowered sites out in the "Paddock". Its a bit noisy but hopefully the generators will be turned off soon and everyone will head to bed. We took a drive out to Ularu after we got set up and were all blown away - it is much bigger than we expected and after a walk around the base David and Colin are rethinking climbing the rock tomorrow.... read more

Kings Canyon to Ayers Rock From one beauty to the next – we departed Watarrka National Park and set out for Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. On arrival we set up the camper at Ayers Rock Campground ($36/night unpowered site), then headed for The Olgas (Kata Tjuta). The Olgas are best described as 36 steep sided domes of conglomerate rock, with the highest dome around 546meters above the plain – 200 metres higher than Ayers Rock. The Olgas are about 32km’s west of the big red rock, and we managed to fit in the Valley of the Winds walk before sunset. The walk took 7.4km’s, passing between the magnificent high domes and through creek beds past Karingana lookout. With the sun heading towards the horizon we headed to the sunset lookout to admire Ayers Rock in ... read more