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Well we have made it to Uluru and so far its stunning!
We started out early this morning because we had to drive into the workshop for the door to be fixed completely (wasn't finished yesterday). Unfortunately my headache hadn't quite abated and I felt quite sick. After the door was fixed we found a chemist to get some hydrolite icepoles. My saviour with migraines! Helped a fair bit.
I did a lot of dozing on the way, riding business class. There's not much to see between Alice and Uluru really. As per usual the towns in between are just roadhouses. Some a little better than others. We had some breaky at the first place (name escapes me). Its where I really noticed the red sand beginning! And we saw our first emu! (albeit behind a cage!) I managed some toast and was starting to feel better.
Our second stop was at Erldunda. Rob stopped for a kip there so I wandered about. This place is known as the centre of the centre! Its on the intersection of Uluru, Adelaide and Darwin! Flies were dreadful!
200 's to Uluru from here. At about 140 k's to go
Way to Uluru
Yep first ones we've seen so farwe were flabbergasted! In the distance we saw Uluru! How can that be? We knew it was a massive rock but how could it be seen so close! (see the photo's below). We eventually got to a place called Curtin springs and it was here we realised we weren't actually looking at Uluru at all! Its a massive rock called Mount Connor! So not as astounding as we thought...
However we did see Uluru at least 50k's to go. And the Olgas, they both stand out from a very long way!
We arrived at Yalara, the Ayersrock resort, at about 5pm. Its a huge place, and we've only seen the camp ground so far. Its a VERY nice camp, amenities very clean and lovely. The dirt (sand) is incredibly red though, absolutely beautiful. Just behind the Bago is the lookout where you can see Uluru and the Olgas. It was pretty cloudy so no great photos but we will get heaps tomorrow. We are catching the Uluru Express at 6.15 in the morning. This bus takes you over to the other side of the rock to see sunrise, then takes you to the rock where you can spend
The centre of the centre
Ha ha, the term 'resort' is loosely used in the Northern territory! the day doing your own thing. It comes back to the park a number of times a day so we can stay as long as we want. Rob is thinking of climbing but will make up his mind tomorrow. I'm 99% sure I wont but I'm keen to walk around it (10 k walk).
Well I'll sign off till tomorrow! Bye from the middle of Oz in a very magical space
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