Group shot at our champange sunset

Uluru National Park

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October 17th 2007
Today was our long long day but very worth it. I cant remember what time we got up and left but i think it was 4 or 5 am. We traveled to Uluru and had breakfast and watched the sunrise over the rock. It was the rock we actually watched and not the sun rise. The rock actually changes colour as the sun comes up it goes from grey to purple to pinky to the orange and red during the day. We took lots o ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more