Uluru

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September 13 – Uluru





Today we head for the big red rock known by two names – Ayers Rock or its aboriginal name Uluru. I’ve always been drawn to rocks – big ones like the Rockies near my home and small ones like I used to play with as a child. This rock has its own special allure. Mostly, one just marvels at its very being. How did such a large monolith come to be in such a flat, remote area? Did aliens land millions of years ago and leave a space craft, or perhaps it was a life form, now dead, or in some kind of stasis. The shape is unlike any mountains I have seen. It looks very much like a large, dusty red caterpillar laying in the middle of the desert. Ridges cover it from one side and up over the rounded top to the other, giving it a sponge-like appearance. The outside skin (it really does look like a skin) is wrinkled with pock marks making it look very ancient. Vegetation is sparse to non-existent as though it has some kind of poison that repels any living thing from trying to gain a foot hold.



Later, we watched the rock’s colours change like a rainbow of shades of pink, orange and red.

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